The scope of drug-related problems in the home care setting. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

The scope of drug-related problems in the home care setting. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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• Published January 2018

The scope of drug-related problems in the home care setting.

Meyer-Massetti C, Meier CR, Guglielmo BJ. Int J Clin Pharm. 2018;40:325-334.

The incidence of preventable adverse events in patients receiving home care has been found to be comparable to hospitalized patients. This review sought to characterize medication errors in home care patients and found that the most common type of medication error was the prescribing of potentially inappropriate medications to elderly patients.

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