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Table 5 Baseline results

From: Rationale and design of the Multicenter Medication Reconciliation Quality Improvement Study (MARQUIS)

 

All sites

A

B

C

D

E

F

(N=927)

(n=313)

(n=360)

(n=124)

(n=150)

(n=82)

(n=22)

Total discrepancies per patient (history and reconciliation): admission and discharge

3.77

4.52

2.43

2.91

3.27

3.16

1.73

Total discrepancies at admission

1.72

2.16

1.11

1.02

1.49

1.35

0.73

Total discrepancies at discharge

2.05

2.36

1.33

1.89

1.79

1.80

1.00

History discrepancies: admission and discharge

2.39

3.36

1.98

1.91

0.66

0.87

2.59

History discrepancies: admission

0.97

1.34

0.88

0.44

0.27

0.65

1.91

History discrepancies: discharge

1.41

2.02

1.10

1.47

0.39

0.22

0.68

Reconciliation discrepancies: admission and discharge

1.38

1.16

0.44

1.00

2.61

2.29

2.59

Reconciliation discrepancies: admission

0.75

0.82

0.22

0.58

1.22

0.71

1.91

Reconciliation discrepancies: discharge

0.64

0.35

0.23

0.42

1.39

1.59

0.68

Adjudicated results

Number of potentially harmful discrepancies per patient 1 : total

0.46

0.26

0.45

0.67

0.70

0.82

0.36

Potentially harmful discrepancies: admission

0.16

0.12

0.17

0.17

0.15

0.29

0.09

Potentially harmful discrepancies: discharge

0.30

0.14

0.28

0.50

0.55

0.53

0.27

Potential severity: admission

0.12

0.10

0.12

0.14

0.13

0.23

0.00

Significant

Serious2

0.04

0.03

0.05

0.03

0.03

0.06

0.09

Potential severity: discharge

0.23

0.13

0.21

0.44

0.40

0.32

0.18

Significant

Serious2

0.07

0.01

0.07

0.06

0.15

0.21

0.09

  1. 1 Greater than 50% chance that the medication discrepancy identified had potential to harm patient.
  2. 2 There were no life-threatening discrepancies.