2012 American Geriatrics Society Beers Criteria: Enhanced Applicability for Detecting Potentially Inappropriate Medications in <scp>E</scp> uropean Older Adults? A Comparison with the Screening Tool of Older Person's Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions

Abstract

The 2012 Beers criteria detected the highest number of PIMs, and given the scant overlapping with the STOPP criteria, the use of both tools may be seen as complementary.