AEs hit "1 in 14" US hospitalized children
A new detection method for adverse events involving pharmaceutical products for pediatric care has estimated that the number of such cases is 7.3%, about one out of every 14 hospitalized children in the USA. The claim, which implies that the problem is substantially more widespread than previously thought, is made in a study published in the April edition of the journal Pediatrics.
Charles Homer, from the National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Safety, said: "these data and the Dennis Quaid episode [Marketletter December 3, 2007] are telling us that...these kinds of errors and experiencing harm as a result of your health care is much more common than people believe."
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