Incidence and determinants of medication errors and adverse drug events among hospitalized children in West Ethiopia

Background Medication errors cause a large number of adverse drug events with negative patient health outcomes and are a major public-health burden contributing to 18.7–56 % of all adverse drug events among hospitalized patients. The aim of this study was to assess the incidence and determinants of...

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Published in:	BMC pediatrics Vol. 16; no. 1; p. 81
Main Authors:	Dedefo, Mohammed Gebre, Mitike, Abraham Haileamlak, Angamo, Mulugeta Tarekegn
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BioMed Central 07.07.2016 BioMed Central Ltd Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Adolescent Adverse and side effects Caregivers Child Child, Preschool Children Data collection Drug dosages Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions - epidemiology Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions - etiology Drugs Editing Ethiopia - epidemiology Family physicians Female General pediatric medicine and surgery Health aspects Hospitalization Hospitals Humans Incidence Infant Infant, Newborn Internal Medicine Logistic Models Male Management Medical errors Medical personnel Medication Errors - adverse effects Medication Errors - statistics & numerical data Medicine Medicine & Public Health Pediatrics Physicians Prospective Studies Research Article Risk Factors Studies Ethiopia Medication errors Children Nekemte Referral Hospital Adverse drug events
ISSN:	1471-2431, 1471-2431
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