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Hospital Patients Worry They’ll Get Wrong Drug

Patients are more concerned about receiving the wrong medication in the hospital than about pain or cost of treatment, according to a new study. The telephone survey of 1,008 adults was conducted by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), a professional organization that mainly represents pharmacists who are employed in hospitals.
Some 61 percent of respondents said they were “very concerned” about being given the wrong medication. Patients were also “very concerned” about being given two or more medications that interact, and cost of treatment, which were tied at 58 percent each.
Other areas that patients surveyed indicated they were “very concerned” about included: complications from the medical procedure, 56 percent; having enough information about the medications they receive, 53 percent; and getting an infection during their stay, 50 percent. These were followed by: medication side effects, pain and receiving too much medicine each of which received 49 percent; and cost of filling prescriptions once discharged, 41 percent.
Source: Medical Tribune News Service
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