Improving drug safety in hospitals: a retrospective study on the potential of adverse drug events coded in routine data

Abstract Background Adverse drug events (ADEs) that occur during hospitalization are an ongoing medical concern. Systematic strategies for ADE identification are lacking. The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential to identify adverse drug events caused by medication errors (preventable ADEs...

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Main Authors: Nils Kuklik, Jürgen Stausberg, Marjan Amiri, Karl-Heinz Jöckel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-08-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-019-4381-x