Archive for March 5th, 2007
Medication Mistakes Common and Costly for Older Adults
When the doctors followed Medicare patients for a year, they witnessed 129 adverse events caused by patient errors. In half of those cases, the patient error was made after a doctor had changed the medication schedule, medication, or dosage. Also, patients taking 4 or more drugs were twice as likely to make mistakes. Patients on […]
Posted: March 5th, 2007 under Medications, Patient Adherence, Patient nonadherence, patient compliance, patient noncompliance.
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