Frequency, type and clinical importance of medication history errors at admission to hospital: a systematic review.

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Frequency, type and clinical importance of medication history errors at admission to hospital: a systematic review.

April 22, 2011

Tam VC. Can Med Assoc J. 2005;173(5).

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The authors reviewed 22 published medication history studies and found that up to 67% of the cases contained prescription history errors that were potentially clinically important.

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