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What is the epidemiology of medication errors, error-related adverse events and risk factors for errors in adults managed in community care contexts? A systematic review of the international literature

BMJ Open · May 2018

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A systematic review of studies on medication errors, the adverse events they cause and associated risk factors among adults treated in community and primary care settings. It brings together how frequently errors occur at prescribing, dispensing and monitoring stages and highlights the variation in how studies define and measure them.

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Assiri GA, Shebl NA, Mahmoud MA, Aloudah N, Grant E, Aljadhey H, et al. What is the epidemiology of medication errors, error-related adverse events and risk factors for errors in adults managed in community care contexts? A systematic review of the international literature. BMJ Open. 2018;8(5):e019101. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019101

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