Errors in medication history at hospital admission: Prevalence and predicting factors

BMC Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Hellström, Lina M ^a   Bondesson, Åsa ^b   Höglund, Peter ^c   Eriksson, Tommy ^c  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Skåne Regional council ^*  (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; EYE DROPS; HERBACEOUS AGENT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ACCURACY; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PHARMACY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; LUND INTEGRATED MEDICINES MANAGEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SWEDEN; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; WARD; ANAMNESIS; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICATION ERROR; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MEDICAL RECORDS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION RECONCILIATION; PHARMACISTS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84859184890     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6904-12-9     Document Type: Article

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