Prescribing discrepancies likely to cause adverse drug events after patient transfer

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 32-36

  Boockvar, K S ^a,b,c   Liu, S ^d   Goldstein, N ^a,b   Nebeker, J ^e   Siu, A ^a,b   Fried, T ^d,f  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Jewish Home and Hospital   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e GERIATRIC RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; CONNECTICUT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICATION ERRORS; NEW YORK; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT TRANSFER; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS;

EID: 61849135579     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: 14753901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2007.025957     Document Type: Article

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