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Table 2 Overall burden of potentially inadequate prescribing at hospital admission and discharge

From: Influence of hospitalization on prescribing safety across the continuum of care: an exploratory study

Parameter

Admission

Discharge

p-value

Median (IQR) of potential prescribing errors per patient

1 (0–2)

1 (0–3)

0.135

Number of patients with prescribing error exposure

118

122

0.651

  single error

44

44

0.454

  multiple errors

74

78

  1. IQR: interquartile range.