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Frequency of occurrence of medication discrepancies and associated risk factors in cases of acute hospital admission
Author(s) -
Charlotte D Van Der Luit,
Iris R De Jong,
Marieke M. Ebbens,
Sjoerd M. Euser,
Sjoerd L. Verweij,
Patricia M. L. A. van den Bemt,
Hanneke M Luttikhuis,
Matthijs L. Becker
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
pharmacy practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1886-3655
pISSN - 1885-642X
DOI - 10.18549/pharmpract.2018.04.1301
Subject(s) - medicine , logistic regression , specialty , observational study , multivariate analysis , univariate analysis , emergency medicine , retrospective cohort study , emergency department , hospital admission , univariate , multivariate statistics , pediatrics , family medicine , psychiatry , statistics , mathematics
Of the total number of patients, 11.7% experienced one or more medication discrepancies following admission to the hospital. Elderly patients taking multiple drugs were found to be particularly at risk.

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