Impact of early in-hospital medication review by clinical pharmacists on health services utilization.

BACKGROUND:Adverse drug events are a leading cause of emergency department visits and unplanned admissions, and prolong hospital stays. Medication review interventions aim to identify adverse drug events and optimize medication use. Previous evaluations of in-hospital medication reviews have focused...

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Main Authors: Corinne M Hohl, Nilu Partovi, Isabella Ghement, Maeve E Wickham, Kimberlyn McGrail, Lisa N Reddekopp, Boris Sobolev
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5305222?pdf=render