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Epidemiology of medication-related adverse events in nursing homes.
Handler SM, Wright RM, Ruby CM, Hanlon JT. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 2006;4:264-272.

The authors analyzed the literature on incidence and risk of adverse drug events in nursing homes and found high variability regarding the published estimates.
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