Incidence and preventability of adverse drug events in nursing homes.
Authors
Gurwitz, Jerry H.Field, Terry S.
Avorn, Jerry
McCormick, Danny
Jain, Shailavi
Eckler, Marie A.
Benser, Marcia
Edmondson, Amy C.
Bates, David W.
UMass Chan Affiliations
Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatric MedicineMeyers Primary Care Institute
Document Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
2000-08-01Keywords
Accidental FallsAged
Anticoagulants
Blood Transfusion
Chi-Square Distribution
Cohort Studies
Consciousness
Delirium
Drug Monitoring
Drug Prescriptions
Exanthema
Fractures, Bone
Hemorrhage
Hospitalization
Humans
Incidence
Long-Term Care
Massachusetts
Medical Records
Nursing Homes
Pharmaceutical Preparations
Preventive Medicine
Psychotropic Drugs
Severity of Illness Index
Urticaria
Health Services Research
Medicine and Health Sciences