Predictors of medication errors among elderly hospital patients.
Picone DM, Titler MG, Dochterman J, et al. Predictors of medication errors among elderly hospitalized patients. Am J Med Qual. 2008;23(2):115-127. doi:10.1177/1062860607313143.
The vast majority of medication errors among geriatric patients at a university hospital were preventable. Factors predicting medication errors included patient factors, medication factors (i.e., polypharmacy), and systems factors (i.e., nurse staffing changes).