The effect of medication reconciliation in elderly patients at hospital discharge.

Patrik Midlöv; Leila Bahrani; Mehran Seyfali; Peter Höglund; Eva Rickhag; Tommy Eriksson

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The effect of medication reconciliation in elderly patients at hospital discharge.

January 27, 2012

Midlöv P, Bahrani L, Seyfali M, et al. Int J Clin Pharm. 2012;34(1):113-9.

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Medication reconciliation by clinical pharmacists was associated with improvement in the incidence of medication errors at hospital discharge.

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