Open AccessThe incidence and nature of drug-related hospital admission: A 6-month observational study in a tertiary health care hospital
Author(s) -
Harminder Singh,
Bithika Nel Kumar,
Teeku Sinha,
Navin Dulhani
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of pharmacology and pharmacotherapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.301
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 0976-5018
pISSN - 0976-500X
DOI - 10.4103/0976-500x.77095
Subject(s) - medicine , observational study , pharmacovigilance , tertiary care , medical record , emergency medicine , drug reaction , incidence (geometry) , health care , drug utilization review , drug , medical emergency , pharmacology , physics , optics , economics , economic growth
To assess and evaluate the frequency, severity and classification of drug-related problems (DRP) resulting in hospitalization in an internal medicine department of a large tertiary care hospital and to identify any patient, prescriber, drug, and system factors associated with these events.