Prescribing errors in electronic prescriptions for outpatients intercepted by pharmacists and the impact of prescribing workload on error rate in a Chinese tertiary-care women and children’s hospital

Abstract Background Prescribing errors may, influenced by some risk factors, cause adverse drug events. Most studies in this field focus on errors in prescriptions for hospital inpatients, with only a few on those for outpatients. Our study aimed to explore the incidence of prescribing errors in ele...

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Main Authors: Jian-hui Yang, Yu-fang Liao, Wu-bin Lin, Wen Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4843-1