Model-based cost-effectiveness analysis of interventions aimed at preventing medication error at hospital admission (medicines reconciliation)

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 299-306

  Karnon, Jonathan ^a,b   Campbell, Fiona ^b   Czoski Murray, Carolyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Decision analysis; Medication errors; Medicines reconciliation; Probabilistic calibration; QALYs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MEDICATION ERROR; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG INCOMPATIBILITY; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PATIENT ADMISSION; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS;

EID: 62849087054     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2008.01000.x     Document Type: Article

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