Comparison of potential risk factors for medication errors with and without patient harm

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 825-833

  Zaal, Rianne J ^a   Van Doormaal, Jasperien E ^b   Lenderink, Albert W ^c   Mol, Peter G M ^b   Kosterink, Jos G W ^b   Egberts, Toine C G ^d,e   Haaijer Ruskamp, Flora M ^b   Van Den Bemt, Patricia M L A ^d,f  

^a CPRLab   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c All Care 4 IT ^*  (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^f ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Determinants; Hospitalised patients; Medication errors; Medication safety; Pharmacoepidemiology; Preventable adverse drug events

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SAFETY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICATION ERROR; NETHERLANDS; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHARMACISTS; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77956639803     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.1977     Document Type: Article

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