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Table 1 hospital and overall included patient characteristics

From: Differences in medication reconciliation interventions between six hospitals: a mixed method study

Hospital

A

B

C

D

E

F

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)

  1. Between hospitals: age, number of admission- and discharge medications, length of stay showed significant differences (p = 0.000)
  2. ano differentiation on admission or pre-admission medication was possible
  3. bDeviations from number of included patients: Admission: 134 patients had no interview, 69 (51%) patients of whom were admitted to hospital E and met their exclusion criteria for medication reconciliation, 44 (25%) were incapable of being interviewed without the presence of a caregiver or had a language barrier and 21 (16%) had the MedRec interview upon being discharged due to a short length of stay
  4. Upon discharge, 632 (70%) patients were interviewed and included. Patients from hospital F (n = 150, 16%) were excluded due to incomplete documentation regarding intervention performance, 117 patients (15%) were missed due to an unexpected discharge