Possible Medication Errors in Home Healthcare Patients

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Authors

Sarah Meredith · General Department of Preventive Medicine

Penny H. Feldman · Visiting Nurse Service of New York

Dennee Frey · Visiting Nurse Association

Kathi Hall · General Department of Preventive Medicine

Kristina Arnold · General Department of Preventive Medicine

Nancy J. Brown · Vanderbilt University

Wayne A. Ray

Abstract

Nearly one-third of the home healthcare patients surveyed had evidence of a potential medication problem or were taking a drug considered inappropriate for older people. More-effective methods are needed to improve medication use in this vulnerable population.

Topics & Keywords

Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Patient Safety and Medication Errors

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volume 49, Issue 6, pp. 719-724

DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.49147.x

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