Open AccessEmergency Hospitalizations for Adverse Drug Events in Older Americans
Author(s) -
Daniel S. Budnitz,
Maribeth C. Lovegrove,
Nadine Shehab,
Chesley Richards
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmsa1103053
Subject(s) - medicine , adverse effect , emergency department , emergency medicine , confidence interval , population , adverse drug event , warfarin , drug , pediatrics , atrial fibrillation , pharmacology , psychiatry , environmental health
Adverse drug events are important preventable causes of hospitalization in older adults. However, nationally representative data on adverse drug events that result in hospitalization in this population have been limited.
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