Frequency and cost of serious adverse drug reactions in a department of general medicine

1998328 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Nicholas Moore · Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux

Dominique Lecointre · Groupe Hospitalier du Havre

C. Noblet · Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux

Michel Mabille · Université Le Havre Normandie

Abstract

3% of the admissions were related to ADRs. In addition, 6.6% of hospitalized patients had significant ADRs. Between 5 and 9% of hospital costs were related to ADRs. In 24 of the 31 patients with ADRs (77%), these were related to the pharmacological properties of the involved drugs, and may possibly have been avoidable.

Topics & Keywords

Patient Safety and Medication Errors Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volume 45, Issue 3, pp. 301-308

DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2125.1998.00667.x

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 15.44