Table 1.

Basic characteristics of six sets of published explicit criteria for potentially inappropriate medications^*

	NORGEP [14]	Laroche [13]	Rancourt [17]	Beers [4]	STOPP [16]	Winit-Watjana [15]
Year of publication	2009	2007	2004	2003	2008	2009
Country	Norway	France	Canada	USA	Ireland	Thailand
Number of statements	36	34	111	68	65	77
1. Specific drug names listed, n (%)	22	113	74	103	28	54
2. Available drugs in Taiwan, n (%)	15 (68)	57 (50)	60 (81)	71 (69)	25 (89)	50 (93)
3. Available drugs at NTUH, n (%)	7 (32)	30 (27)	39 (53)	44 (43)	21 (75)	36 (67)

Abbreviations: NORGEP, Norwegian General Practice criteria; NTUH, National Taiwan University Hospital; STOPP, the Screening Tool of Older Person's Prescriptions.

^*The order of each set of criteria was based on their prevalence in our study population, from low to high.