Case-control analysis of the financial cost of medication errors in hospitalized patients.

Jaime Pinilla; Carles Murillo; Genís Carrasco; Carlos Humet

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Case-control analysis of the financial cost of medication errors in hospitalized patients.

January 11, 2006

Pinilla J, Murillo C, Carrasco G, et al. Eur J Health Econ. 2006;7(1):66-71.

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The investigators analyzed 1 year of admission records at a Spanish hospital and found that medication errors resulted in 303 extra hospital days and doubled the cost of care for each affected patient.

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