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Medication-Related Adverse Outcomes in U.S. Hospitals and Emergency Departments, 2008.
Lucado J, Paez K, Elixhauser A. HCUP Statistical Brief #109. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; April 2011.

Using data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, this report updates a 2004 analysis of medication-related adverse events and includes incidents in emergency departments.

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