This was a study of national data from 2000 to 2008 of the types of medication that cause older people to be admitted to hospitals due to adverse drug reactions. The database was the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project’s Nationwide Inpatient Sample, and focuses on Medicare beneficiaries only. The study looks at the overall cost to the nation as well as the average charge per patient.
Here are the top 10 classes of drugs and the average hospital charge per patient.
Principal drug-related diagnoses (2000-2008)
- $20,918 Central nervous system stimulants (for example, opiate antagonists)
- $20,279 Analgesics, antipyretics, and antirheumatics
- $19,287 Drug-induced hemorrhagic gastritis
- $19,026 Neuropathy due to drugs
- $18,296 Systemic agents
- $17,417 Allergic dermatitis
- $16,884 Sedatives and hypnotics
- $16,796 Muscle relaxants and related
- $16,444 Agents that affect blood constituents
- $16,019 Water, mineral, and uric acid metabolism drugs
Source: Shamliyan, T.A., and Kane, R.L. (2016, June). Drug-related harms in hospitalized Medicare beneficiaries: Results from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, 2000-2008. Journal of Patient Safety, 12(2), 89-107. Click here to go to publisher’s website: http://journals.lww.com/journalpatientsafety/Pages/default.aspx Posted by AHA Resource Center (312) 422-2050, rc@aha.org
Filed under: Patient safety, Pharmaceuticals, Posted by Kim Garber | Tagged: adverse drug events, Medicare patients |
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