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Adverse drug events in long-term care facilities.
Pie chart showing that 28% of adverse drug events in long term care facilities are serious, life-threatening or fatal. 61% of those serious adverse drug events are preventable.
Source: Gurwitz JH, Field TS, Judge J, et al. The incidence of adverse drug events in two large academic long-term care facilities. Am J Med. 2005;118:251-8.[go to pubmed]
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