Box 1. Descriptors used in database search.

MeSH terms
Aged	Prescriptions	Inappropriate prescribing	Potentially inappropriate medication list
Entry terms
Elderly	Prescription Prescriptions, non-drug Non-drug prescription Non-drug prescriptions Prescription, non-drug Prescriptions, non drug Prescriptions, nondrug Nondrug prescription Nondrug prescriptions Prescription, nondrug	Inappropriate prescribings Prescribing, inappropriate Prescribings, inappropriate Inappropriate prescriptions Inappropriate prescription Prescription, inappropriate Prescriptions, inappropriate Over prescribing Over prescribings Prescribing, over Prescribings, over	PIM List PIM Lists Potentially inappropriate medications Inappropriate medication, potentially Inappropriate medications, potentially Medication, potentially inappropriate Medications, potentially inappropriate Potentially inappropriate medication Beers criteria Beers potentially inappropriate medications De Beers criteria Beers criteria, de STOPP (Screening Tool of Older Person's Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions) STOPP (Screening Tool of Older Person's Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions) Screening Tool of Older Person's Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions STOPP STOPP START Criteria Criteria, STOPP START Criterias, STOPP START START Criteria, STOPP START Criterias, STOPP STOPP START Criterias Medication appropriateness index Appropriateness index, medication Appropriateness indices, medication Index, medication appropriateness Indices, medication appropriateness Medication appropriateness indices