Prevalence and economic burden of medication errors in the NHS in England

Policy Research Unit in Economic Evaluation of Health & Care Interventions (EEPRU) - 
This study has revealed an estimated 237 million medication errors occur in the NHS in England every year, and avoidable adverse drug reactions cause hundreds of deaths. The study estimates that economic burden of adverse drug reactions is £98.5 million but that it could be significantly higher. It calls for more work to be done on finding cost-effective ways of preventing medication errors and their potential harm to patients. 

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