Interventions in primary care to reduce medication related adverse events and hospital admissions: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-31

  Royal, S ^b   Smeaton, L ^c   Avery, A J ^b   Hurwitz, B ^d   Sheikh, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DATA EXTRACTION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; FORECASTING; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33244454779     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2004.012153     Document Type: Review

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