The extent of medication-related hospital admissions in Australia: A review from 1988 to 2021 (28 January 2022)

Summary

This review, published in official journal of the International Society of Pharmacovigilance, Drug Safety, is aimed at determining the overall incidence, severity and preventability of medication-related hospital admissions in Australia. In its conclusions, the authors estimate that 250,000 hospital admissions in Australia are medication-related, with an annual cost of AUD$1.4 billion to the healthcare system, and that two-thirds of medication-related hospital admissions are potentially preventable.