The economics of medication safety: Improving medication safety through collective, real-time learning
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Main Author: de Bienassis, Katherine (Author)
Other Authors: Esmail, Laura (Contributor), Lopert, Ruth (Contributor), Klazinga, Niek (Contributor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 2022
Series:OECD Health Working Papers no.147
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1787/9a933261-en
Abstract:Poor medication practices and inadequate system infrastructure-resulting in poor adherence, medication-related harms, and medication errors-too often results in patient harm. As many as 1 in 10 hospitalizations in OECD countries may be caused by a medication-related event and as many one in five inpatients experience medication-related harms during hospitalization. Together, costs from avoidable admissions due to medication-related events and added length of stay due to preventable hospital-acquired medication-related harms total over USD 54 billion in OECD countries. This report includes four components; it 1) assess the human impact and economic costs of medication safety events in OECD countries, 2) explores opportunities to improve prescribing practices 3) examines the state-of-the art in systems and policies for improving medication safety, and 4) provides recommendations for improving medication safety at the national level
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (87 Seiten)
DOI:10.1787/9a933261-en