Therapeutic errors involving adults in the community setting: nature, causes and outcomes.

David Taylor; Jeffrey Robinson; Dawson MacLeod; Catherine E. MacBean; George Braitberg

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Therapeutic errors involving adults in the community setting: nature, causes and outcomes.

September 9, 2009

Taylor D, Robinson J, MacLeod D, et al. Aust N Z J Public Health. 2009;33(4):388-94.

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This study evaluated the prevalence of medication errors in community-dwelling elders and nursing home residents in Victoria, Australia.

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