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Ten-Year Comparison of Medication Complications Rates in Public and Private Hospitals in Victoria, Australia
- Source :
- Hospital Topics. 99:37-43
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2020.
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Abstract
- Medication errors occur as a result of failure in the treatment process at any point in the healthcare system. This is a retrospective study aimed at determining the rates of medication-related errors over a 10-year period in hospitals in Victoria, Australia. From 2009 to 2019, the overall rate for adverse drug events, accidental poisoning and undetermined intent were 86.15, 1.3 and 0.17 per 10,000 hospital separations, respectively. Medication complications occurred more in public hospitals. Adverse drug events account for less than 1% of all hospital separations. Medication errors contributing factors should be investigated in out of hospital environment.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Victoria
Hospitals, Private
Cohort Studies
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
medicine
Humans
Medication Errors
Poisson Distribution
030212 general & internal medicine
Accidental poisoning
Retrospective Studies
Out of hospital
Hospitals, Public
business.industry
030503 health policy & services
Treatment process
Retrospective cohort study
General Medicine
Undetermined intent
Adverse drug event
Emergency medicine
0305 other medical science
business
Healthcare providers
Healthcare system
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19399278 and 00185868
- Volume :
- 99
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Hospital Topics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....7a8f927ad50ed48a97e103848ee853af