From: Differences in medication reconciliation interventions between six hospitals: a mixed method study
Hospital | A | B | C | D | E | F |
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County (region) | Capital (West) | Drenthe (North) | Gelderland (East) | Zuid Holland (West) | Utrecht (Centre) | Limburg (South) |
surrounding | Urban | Rural | Rural | Urban | Urban | Urban |
Type | Teaching | General | Specialized | General | Teaching | Teaching |
Number of beds 2012 | 551 | 284 | 317 | 722 | 1102 | 536 |
Wards with MR activities by pharmacies in 2012 | Lung diseases Internal medicine Cardiology Neurology | All wards including ICU, paediatrics | All wards | 75% all admissions covered; discharge counselling if patient passes by outpatient pharmacy or on request physician | All wards except ICUs | All wards except ED |
Study wards and number of patients included (n) | Lung diseases (150) | Internal medicines (27) Cardiology (50) Surgery (73) | Orthopaedics (150) | Internal medicines (23) Gastroenterology (4) Surgery (114) Lung diseases (8) | Internal medicines (107) Gastroenterology (12) Surgery (28) Lung diseases (3) | Internal medicines (85) Lung disease (65) |
length of stay, median (range) | 9.0 (3–48) | 4.0 (1–60) | 6.0 (1–115) | 6.0 (1–21) | 7.0 (2–32) | 7.0 (2–37) |
number admission medications, mean (SD) | 9.1 (4.5) | 6.4 (3.4) | -a | 8.5 (4.1) | 10.8 (4.3) | 7.8 (4.3) |
number discharge medications, mean (SD) | 10.9 (4.8) | 8.2 (4.0) | 11.1 (4.1) | 8.8 (3.6) | 10.4 (4.3) | - |
Number admission/discharge interviewsb | 108/149 | 140/92 | 145/136 | 147/149 | 78/106 | 146/- |
age,mean (SD) | 67.2 (13.3) | 62.1 (16.5) | 61.2 (12.9) | 69.3 (12.4) | 66.1 (14.6) | 69.1 (13.0) |
female, n (%) | 44 (41) | 80 (57) | 97 (67) | 84 (57) | 46 (59) | 79 (54) |
low social class, n (%) | 81 (75) | 83 (59) | 46 (32) | 57 (39) | 13 (17) | 85 (58) |
deprived area, n (%) | 48 (44) | 0 | 2 (1) | 10 (7) | 4 (5) | 4 (3) |