Drug-Related Harms in Hospitalized Medicare Beneficiaries: Results From the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, 2000–2008

Conclusions: Potentially preventable drug harms are a growing clinical and financial burden. Comparative outpatient drug safety should be analyzed using Medicare claim databases. In-hospital management of drug safety should target patients with multimorbidity and functional decline.
Source: Journal of Patient Safety - Category: Health Management Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research