Preventable hospital admissions related to medication (HARM): Cost analysis of the HARM study

Adverse drug events (ADEs) can cause serious harm to patients and can lead to hospitalization or even death. ADEs are a burden not only to patients and their relatives, but also to society and have the potential to involve high costs. To provide more information on the economic burden of preventable...

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Published in:	Value in health Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 34 - 40
Main Authors:	Leendertse, Anne J., Van Den Bemt, Patricia M.L.A., Poolman, J. Bart, Stoker, Lennart J., Egberts, Antoine C.G., Postma, Maarten J.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Elsevier Inc 2011
Subjects:	Adult Adverse drug event Aged Avoidable Burden Case-Control Studies Cost analysis Cost of Illness Direct costs Direct Service Costs Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions - economics Female Health Care Costs Health costs Hospitalization Hospitals Humans Internal Medicine Male Medication Errors - economics Middle Aged Models, Econometric Netherlands Patient Admission - economics Patient Admission - statistics & numerical data Pharmacy Productivity costs Prospective Studies Public Health Risk Factors Netherlands Health care costs Direct costs Productivity costs Adverse drug event Pharmacy
ISSN:	1098-3015, 1524-4733, 1524-4733
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