Assessment of adverse drug events among patients in a tertiary care medical center.

Philip E. Johnston; Daniel J. France; Daniel W. Byrne; Harvey J. Murff; Byron Lee; Renee A. Stiles; Theodore Speroff

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Assessment of adverse drug events among patients in a tertiary care medical center.

November 29, 2006

Johnston PE, France DJ, Byrne DW, et al. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2006;63(22):2218-27.

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This observational study found that several types of patients, including elderly patients and patients transferred from another health care facility, appeared more likely to experience an adverse drug event.

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