On average , adverse drug events (ADEs) add $3,000 to the cost of care of patients in community hospitals and just over 3 days to their length of stay, according to this study of 6 mid-sized hospitals in Massachusetts. This research article (coming out of Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston) provides comparative data on preventable and nonpreventable ADEs, as well as comparing patients with significant, serious, and life-threatening ADEs.
Source: Hug, B.L., and others. The costs of adverse drug events in community hospitals. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety;38(3):120-126, Mar. 2012. Click here for publisher’s website: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/jcaho/jcjqs/2012/00000038/00000003/art00004 Posted by AHA Resource Center, (312) 422-2050, rc@aha.org
Filed under: Hospital costs, Patient safety, Pharmaceuticals, Posted by Kim Garber | Tagged: Adverse drug event costs, Adverse drug events costs, Cost of adverse drug events, Cost of medication errors, Medication error costs, Medication errors costs |
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