To estimate the frequency of the use of medicines listed in the Screening Tool to Alert Doctors to the Right Treatment (START) and Screening Tool of Older Person’s Prescriptions (STOPP) criteria versi
Introduction In university hospital settings most prescriptions are written by junior doctors, who are more likely to make prescribing errors than experienced doctors. Prescribing errors can cause ser
Prescribing errors (PEs) in hospital care lead to patient harm, prolonged hospital stays, readmissions, and mortality. Despite interventions that successfully target ‘high risk’ populations in trials,
