Medication, allergy, and adverse drug event discrepancies in ambulatory care.

Mary Stephens; Beth Fox; Gary Kukulka; Judith Bellamy

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Medication, allergy, and adverse drug event discrepancies in ambulatory care.

March 26, 2008

Stephens M, Fox B, Kukulka G, et al. Fam Med. 2008;40(2):107-10.

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Nearly one third of patients attending a family medicine clinic reported a medication allergy history different from that recorded in the chart.

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