stay, ICU facility usage), hospital characteristics (drug supply problem), hospital location (Java and non-Java). The … of stay) (0,98 X % patient using ICU) (0,86 X % patient at hospital without drug supply problem) (1,01 X % patient …

Background Adverse drug events (ADEs) are not only a safety and quality of care issue for patients, but also an eco …‑ nomic issue with significant costs. Because they often occur during hospital stays, it is necessary to accurately quantify …

concurrent period and to explore whether this impact extends to the following periods for Medicare hemodialysis (HD) patients …-adherent patients would make up for missed treatments by using more drug injectables to reach their clinical target level in subsequent …

. Patients who were dispensed all drugs from external dispensing pharmacies (vs. from physicians or hospital pharmacies) tended …Objectives: Duplicative medications in patients who visit multiple medical institutions are a serious problem not only … medication use and to estimate the drug costs associated with such use in patients who visit multiple medical institutions …

clinical attack rate) treating all symptomatic patients ('Treat Only') would be considered cost-effective (approximately £1 … symptomatic patients but treating only those that tested positive) resulted in moderate gains in QALYs at relatively large … illness plus wastage), then testing of patients results in a loss of QALYs (i.e. is dominated by treatment only), unless the …

lawsuits from individual patients requesting 1 to 30 different drugs. The possibility of drug interactions occurred in 52 …. Conclusions: The results suggest a potential high risk of drug interactions in patients receiving drugs through lawsuits against … the Unified Health System. Patients on a higher number of drugs were associated with different levels of drug interactions …

approval in relation to the perceived need for earlier access to new therapies for critically ill patients. Much less in the … news, but lurking behind both problems, is the need for better information for physicians and patients to use in making … information doctors and patients need to make decisions about drugs and the information the government and private insurers need …