Estimated Costs of Severe Adverse Drug Reactions Resulting in Hospitalization in the Veterans Health Administration

JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Feb 1;5(2):e2147909. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.47909.

Abstract

This quality improvement study uses Veterans Health Administration (VHA) data to estimate the costs of severe adverse drug reactions resulting in or contributing to hospitalizations.

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Costs and Cost Analysis*
  • Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions / economics*
  • Female
  • Hospitalization / economics*
  • Hospitalization / statistics & numerical data*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Retrospective Studies
  • United States
  • Veterans Health / economics*
  • Veterans Health / statistics & numerical data*