Medication errors in older people with mental health problems: a review.

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Medication errors in older people with mental health problems: a review.

January 2, 2008

Maidment ID, Haw C, Stubbs J,et al. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2008;23(6):564-573.

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This review sought to determine medication error rates in elderly patients with mental health diagnoses but found that varied definitions and methods limited the generalizability of previous studies' findings.

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