Correction: What is the epidemiology of medication errors, error-related adverse events and risk factors for errors in adults managed in community care contexts? A systematic review of the international literature (BMJ Open (2018) 8 (e019101) DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019101);What is the epidemiology of medication errors, error-related adverse events and risk factors for errors in adults managed in community care contexts? A systematic review of the international literature

BMJ Open

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2018, Pages

  Assiri, Ghadah Asaad ^a,b,c   Shebl, Nada Atef ^d   Mahmoud, Mansour Adam ^e   Aloudah, Nouf ^b   Grant, Elizabeth ^a   Aljadhey, Hisham ^f   Sheikh, Aziz ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^e TAIBAH UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^f Saudi Food and Drug Authority   (Saudi Arabia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adverse drug events; error related adverse drug events; incidence; medication errors; prevalence; risk factor

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; AMBULATORY CARE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMORBIDITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA SYNTHESIS; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SAFETY; EMBASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; LABORATORY TEST; MANAGED CARE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCINFO; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEB OF SCIENCE; INCIDENCE; MEDICATION ERROR; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AMBULATORY CARE; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INCIDENCE; MEDICATION ERRORS; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 85053149483     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019101corr1     Document Type: Erratum

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