OBJECTIVE Adverse drug events (ADEs) can cause serious harm to patients and can lead to hospitalization or even death. ADEs are a burden not only to patients and their relatives, but also to society and have the potential to involve high costs. To provide more information on the economic burden of preventable adverse drug events of outpatients, we performed a cost study on the data collected in...

PURPOSE Medical school admissions committees are increasingly considering noncognitive measures like emotional intelligence (EI) in evaluating potential applicants. This study explored whether scores on an EI abilities test at admissions predicted future academic performance in medical school to determine whether EI could be used in making admissions decisions. METHOD The authors invited all ...

Changing pattern of alcohol abuse in female acute medical admissions The importance of alcoholism and alcohol related illness is well documented , and patterns of hospital admission reflect the growing problem .' Contemporary reports indicate that drinking problems are increasing in women and must therefore create a considerable drain on National Health Service resources. In 1979 Lennox and Tai...

BACKGROUND Adverse drug reactions and non-compliance are important causes of admissions in the elderly to medical clinics. The contribution of adverse drug reactions and non-compliance to admission by the medical emergency department was analysed. METHODS A total of 578 consecutive elderly patients admitted to the medical emergency department were interviewed to determine the percentage of ad...

BACKGROUND Admission to medical school is one of the most highly competitive entry points in higher education. Considerable investment is made by universities to develop selection processes that aim to identify the most appropriate candidates for their medical programs. This paper explores data from three undergraduate medical schools to offer a critical perspective of predictive validity in me...

An exploratory, retrospective evaluation of Ambulatory Integration of the Medical and Social (AIMS), a care coordination model designed to integrate medical and non-medical needs of patients and delivered exclusively by social workers was conducted to examine mean utilization of costly health care services for older adult patients. Results reveal mean utilization of 30-day hospital readmissions...

Patient Population The program serves people who frequently call 911 in situations not considered to be an emergency, patients who call 911 with low-acuity medical complaints, patients at risk for potentially preventable admissions or readmissions, and patients at risk for hospice status revocation (updated January 2013).Vulnerable Populations > Medically uninsured; Insurance Status > Uninsured...