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STUDY

Emergency hospitalizations for adverse drug events in older Americans.

Budnitz DS, Lovegrove MC, Shehab N, Richards CL. N Engl J Med. 2011;365:2002-2012.

STUDY

The association between a prolonged stay in the emergency department and adverse events in older patients admitted to hospital: a retrospective cohort study.

Ackroyd-Stolarz S, Read Guernsey J, Mackinnon NJ, Kovacs G. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:564-569.

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Medication use leading to emergency department visits for adverse drug events in older adults.

Budnitz DS, Shehab N, Kegler SR, Richards CL. Ann Intern Med. 2007;147:755-765.

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Older veterans and emergency department discharge information.

Hastings S, Stechuchak K, Oddone E, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21:835-842.

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Therapeutic errors involving adults in the community setting: nature, causes and outcomes.

Taylor DM, Robinson J, MacLeod D, MacBean CE, Braitberg G. Aust N Z J Public Health. 2009;33:388-394.

COMMENTARY

Recurrent Hypoglycemia: A Care Transition Failure?

Eytan T. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. October 2008.

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Patterns in nursing home medication errors: disproportionality analysis as a novel method to identify quality improvement opportunities.

Hansen RA, Cornell PY, Ryan PB, Williams CE, Pierson S, Greene SB. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2010;19:1087-1094.

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Care homes' use of medicines study: prevalence, causes and potential harm of medication errors in care homes for older people.

Barber ND, Alldred DP, Raynor DK, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2009;18:341-346.

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The effect of medication reconciliation in elderly patients at hospital discharge.

Midlöv P, Bahrani L, Seyfali M, Höglund P, Rickhag E, Eriksson T. Int J Clin Pharm. 2012;34:113-119.

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Quantification and classification of errors associated with hand-repackaging of medications in long-term care facilities in Germany.

Gerber A, Kohaupt I, Lauterbach KW, Buescher G, Stock S, Lungen M. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 2008;6:212-219.

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Beating the weekend trend: increased mortality in older adult traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients admitted on weekends.

Schneider EB, Hirani SA, Hambridge HL, et al. J Surg Res. 2012;177:295-300.

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Adverse drug events resulting from patient errors in older adults.

Field TS, Mazor KM, Briesacher B, Debellis KR, Gurwitz JH. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2007;55:271-276.

REVIEW

Year in review: medication mishaps in the elderly.

Peron EP, Marcum ZA, Boyce R, Hanlon JT, Handler SM. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 2011;9:1-10.

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Adverse drug events in the outpatient setting: an 11-year national analysis.

Bourgeois FT, Shannon MW, Valim C, Mandl KD. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2010;19:901-910.

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Older patients' understanding of emergency department discharge information and its relationship with adverse outcomes.

Hastings SN, Barrett A, Weinberger M, et al. J Patient Saf. 2011;7:19-25.

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Potentially inappropriate medications and adverse drug effects in elders in the ED.

Nixdorff N, Hustey FM, Brady AK, Vaji K, Leonard M, Messinger-Rapport BJ. Am J Emerg Med. 2008;26:697-700.

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Recognition of adverse drug events in older hospitalized medical patients.

Klopotowska JE, Wierenga PC, Smorenburg SM, et al; WINGS study group. Eur J Clin Pharmacol. 2013;69:75-85.

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Potentially inappropriate medications defined by STOPP criteria and the risk of adverse drug events in older hospitalized patients.

Hamilton H, Gallagher P, Ryan C, Byrne S, O’Mahony D. Arch Intern Med. 2011;171:1013-1019.

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Inappropriate medication in a national sample of US elderly patients receiving home health care.

Bao Y, Shao H, Bishop TF, Schackman BR, Bruce ML. J Gen Intern Med. 2012;27:304-310.

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Clinical outcomes from the use of Medication Report when elderly patients are discharged from hospital.

Midlöv P, Deierborg E, Holmdahl L, Höglund P, Eriksson T. Pharm World Sci. 2008;30:840-845.

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