Medication omission rates in New Zealand residential aged care homes: a national description.
Stephanie M GarrattNgaire M KerseKathryn PeriMonique F JonasPublished in: BMC geriatrics (2020)
This unique study is the first to report rate of medication omissions per RAC resident over a one-year timeframe. Although the proportion of medications omitted reported in this study is less than previously reported by hospital-based studies, there is a significant relationship between a resident's level of care, RAC home ownership types, and the rate of omission.