Summary
This study in BMC Medicine aimed to quantify the prevalence, severity and type of preventable medication harm across medical care settings. It is the largest meta-analysis to assess preventable medication harm to date.
The authors found that one in 30 patients are exposed to preventable medication harm in medical care, and more than a quarter of this harm is considered severe or life-threatening. Their results support the World Health Organization’s priority of detecting and mitigating medication-related harm and highlight other potential intervention targets that should be a priority research focus.
Preventable medication harm across health care settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis (6 November 2020)
https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-020-01774-9#:~:text=Thus%252C%2520medication%2520harm%2520indeed%2520accounts%2520for%2520half%2520of,or%2520ambulatory%2520care%25E2%2580%2594reporting%2520a%2520prevalence%2520rate%2520of%252
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