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Medication Errors
It is estimated that over 770,000 people are injured or die in hospitals from Medication Error annually. Medication error can occur due to the fact that the doctors are not aware of your complete medication background or are unaware of an allergy that you have to a certain medicine. It is very important to be sure that you made a strong effort to assist with the construction of your medical background. However, many times medication errors occur due to improper chart interpretation or becasue of a doctors handwriting. These injuries along with allergy or medication interaction injuries are preventable. Injuries due to medication errors can be highly damaging and can cause permenant disability or even death.
Injuries due to drugs have important economic consequences as well. Inpatients that suffer from medication error have increased lengths of stay of nearly 2 days and added hospital costs of more than $2000. It has been estimated that the annual cost of drug-related morbidity and mortality within the United States carries a price tag of $76.6 billion, with the majority ($47 billion) related to hospital admissions due to drug therapy or the absence of appropriate drug therapy.
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