The Extent of Medication-Related Hospital Admissions in Australia: A Review from 1988 to 2021.

Renly LimLisa M Kalisch EllettSusan SempleElizabeth E Roughead

Published in: Drug safety (2022)

We estimated that 250,000 hospital admissions in Australia are medication related, with an annual cost of AUD$1.4 billion to the healthcare system. Two-thirds of medication-related hospital admissions are potentially preventable.

Keyphrases

healthcare
adverse drug
emergency department