Prevalence of preventable medication-related hospitalizations in Australia: An opportunity to reduce harm

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 239-249

  Kalisch, Lisa M ^a   Caughey, Gillian E ^a   Barratt, John D ^a   Ramsay, Emmae N ^b   Killer, Graeme ^c   Gilbert, Andrew L ^a   Roughead, Elizabeth E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c Department of Veterans' Affairs ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Adverse event; Drug induced disease; Health care; Hospital admission; Quality indicators

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; DIGOXIN; LITHIUM; THEOPHYLLINE;

ACUTE CONFUSION; ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BLOOD DYSCRASIA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEPRESSION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PERFORATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ULCER; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FECES IMPACTION; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HARM REDUCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INAPPROPRIATE VASOPRESSIN SECRETION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; TACHYCARDIA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; URINE RETENTION; VETERAN; WATER RETENTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VETERANS;

EID: 84861565048     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzs015     Document Type: Article

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