Medication safety in acute care in Australia: Where are we now? Part 1: A review of the extent and causes of medication problems 2002-2008

Australia and New Zealand Health Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Roughead, Elizabeth E ^a   Semple, Susan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; HORMONE; INSULIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT AGENT; STEROID;

AUSTRALIA; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENT REPORT; MEDICATION ERROR; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 69849087073     PISSN: 17438462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-8462-6-18     Document Type: Review

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