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What Did We Find? Drug Errors
- 27.7% of prescriptions had errors
- 12.9% if over/under dose left out
- More prescriptions/patient—more errors
- Rural—more errors
- Monitor chronic illness—fewer errors
- Electronic drug prompts—fewer prescriptions
- Quality culture—fewer errors
- Cohesive culture—fewer errors
- Physician payment methods—no influence
- Practice size and complexity—no influence
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