Table 1. Descriptions and examples of the types of prescribing problems.

Type of prescribing problem	Description	Example
PIM: independent of diagnoses or conditions	Medication/class that is potentially prescribed inappropriately to a specific population	Prescribing antipsychotics to patients aged ≥65 [25, 34, 38, 42, 43]
PIM: considering diagnoses or conditions	Medication/classes that is potentially prescribed inappropriately with a specific diagnose or condition.	Prescribing antipsychotics for patients with dementia and aged ≥65 [34]
DDI	Medication/classes that is potentially interacts with another medication/class	Prescribing antipsychotics with antiparkinsonian for patients aged ≥65 [44]
Inappropriate dosing	Medication that was prescribed in inappropriate dose	Prescribing Haloperidol at a dose >2 mg for patients aged ≥65 [45–47]
Inappropriate duration	Medication/class that was prescribed in inappropriate duration	Prescribing antipsychotics for >1 month to patients aged ≥65 [48]
Inadequate monitoring	Medications/class that was not monitored adequately	Prescribing lithium without monitoring lithium level every 6 months [10, 49, 50]
Omission	Medication/class that should be prescribed with a specific diagnose or condition.	Patients diagnosed with mild-moderate Alzheimer’s dementia and aged ≥65 and were not prescribed acetylcholinesterase inhibitor [25]

DDI = drug-drug interaction. PIM = Potentially inappropriate medication.