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Primary care medication safety surveillance with integrated primary and secondary care electronic health records: a cross-sectional study.

Akbarov A, Kontopantelis E, Sperrin M, et al. Drug Saf. 2015;38:671-682.

This cross-sectional study of patient records found that linked primary and secondary care data provides a more robust surveillance of medication safety. Older patients and those prescribed multiple medicationswere at highest risk for prescribing hazards.

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