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The additional cost of perioperative medication errors
July 5, 2023
Langlieb ME, Sharma P, Hocevar M, et al. J Patient Saf. 2023;19(6):375-378.
Preventable adverse events can lead to serious patient harm and financial burden for individuals and organizations. Building off prior research estimating the incidence of perioperative medication errors, these researchers performed a systematic review to identify and quantify the downstream costs and patient harm due to medication errors. The researchers estimated that the total additional annual cost of care due to perioperative medication errors was $5.33 billion dollars.
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