Risk factors for prescribing and transcribing medication errors among elderly patients during acute hospitalization: A cohort, case-control study

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 491-500

  Ben Yehuda, Arie ^a   Bitton, Yitzchak ^a   Sharon, Pnina ^a   Rotfeld, Elena ^a   Armon, Tikva ^a   Muszkat, Mordechai ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Elderly; Hospitalisation; Medication errors; Prescribing

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ISRAEL; KIDNEY DISEASE; LANGUAGE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; PEPTIC ULCER; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MEDICATION ERRORS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79958274522     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: 11791969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11590610-000000000-00000     Document Type: Article

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