Correlation between prescription rate and hospital admission related to medications administration errors in England and wales
Other Title(s)
الارتباط بين معدل الوصفات الطبية و القبول في المستشفى فيها معلق بأخطاء إدارة الأدوية
Dissertant
Thesis advisor
University
Isra University
Faculty
Faculty of Pharmacy
University Country
Jordan
Degree
Master
Degree Date
2022
English Abstract
Medicines are widely used to provide the best medical care to patients, which contributes to improving the health level of the community.
Despite that, the use of medicines is accompanied by errors that cause harm in several aspects of health.
this research aimed to explore the trend of hospital admission due to medication administration errors and their associated prescription pattern.
An ecological study was conducted using hospital admission data that are publicly available.
Data in this study was extracted from the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) database in England and Wales from the Patient Episode Database in Wales for the duration between April 1999 and April 2020.
The rate of annual hospital admissions related to medication errors increased by 32% [from 184.21 (95% CI 183.0 -185.4) in 1999 to 243.18 (95% CI 241.9-244.4) in 2020 per 100,000 persons.
The most common three indications of hospital admissions related to medication error causes were: (non-opioid analgesics, antipyretics and antirheumatics, psychotropic drugs, antiepileptic, sedative-hypnotic and anti-parkinsonism drugs.
The age group 15-59 years had the highest number of hospital admissions related to medication errors with 83.4% of the total admissions.
Women contributed to 59.1% of the total hospital admissions related to medication errors.
medication prescriptions rate increased by 43.3% [from 1,349,363.51 (95% CI 1,318,107.33-1,380,619.68) in 2004 to 1,933,721.77 (95% CI 1,898,373.17 - 1,969,070.38) in 2020 medication prescriptions per 100,000 persons, trend test, p<0.05].
Over sixteen years from 2004-to 2020, BNF Chapter 9 (Nutrition & blood), BNF Chapter 6 (Endocrine system), and BNF Chapter 15 (Anaesthesia) showed the highest increase in the rate of annual prescriptions which increased by 1.5-fold, 88.3% and 84.6%, respectively.
There was a positive correlation between the admission rates and the prescription rates of their associated therapeutic classification for many causes of hospital admissions.
More research is needed to identify high-risk populations and provide effective interventions to reduce the chance of developing complications that could lead to such admissions.
Main Subjects
No. of Pages
151
Table of Contents
Table of contents.
Abstract.
Abstract in Arabic.
Chapter One : Introduction.
Chapter Two : Literature review.
Chapter Three : Methods.
Chapter Four : Results
Chapter Five : Discussion.
Chapter Six : Conclusion.
References.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Shuara, Udayy Amjad. (2022). Correlation between prescription rate and hospital admission related to medications administration errors in England and wales. (Master's theses Theses and Dissertations Master). Isra University, Jordan
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1428903
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Shuara, Udayy Amjad. Correlation between prescription rate and hospital admission related to medications administration errors in England and wales. (Master's theses Theses and Dissertations Master). Isra University. (2022).
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1428903
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Shuara, Udayy Amjad. (2022). Correlation between prescription rate and hospital admission related to medications administration errors in England and wales. (Master's theses Theses and Dissertations Master). Isra University, Jordan
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1428903
Language
English
Data Type
Arab Theses
Record ID
BIM-1428903
