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Drug Categories
Preventable Events
- Warfarin 12%
- Atypical antipsych 12%
- Loop diuretics 10%
- Benzos (intermediate) 9%
- Opioids 8%
- ACE inhibitors 8%
- Other antidepressants 7%
- Antiplatelets 7%
- Insulin 5%
- Laxatives 5%
Notes:
Comparing non-preventable to preventable events
Antipsychotic drugs involved in substantial proportion of both types anti-infectives primarily involved in non-preventable
anticoagulants, antidepressants, and sedatives/hypnotics important components of preventable events but involved in fewer of the non-preventable
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