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Reducing and Preventing Adverse Drug Events to Decrease Hospital Costs.
December 18, 2008
Research in Action, Issue 1. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; March 2001. AHRQ Publication no. 01-0020
Adverse drug events (ADEs) result in more than 770,000 annual injuries and deaths with significant resulting costs. Hospitals can reduce this burden by promoting system changes to better detect and prevent ADEs. Successful approaches are summarized.
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