| No. (%) of patients (n = 41) | |
| Adverse drug effects | |
| Adverse effect of new drugs, occurring after discharge, eg, NSAID-related gastrointestinal bleeding (n = 5), haematuria (n = 1) | 10 |
| Adverse effects of altered drugs, occurring before discharge, neither addressed nor communicated to GP, eg diarrhoea (n = 3); falls (n = 2); vomiting (n = 1) | 6 |
| Adverse effects of drugs which were stopped with no reason given or monitoring arranged | 6 |
| Adverse effect due to medication omitted from TTO* | 4 |
| Subtotal adverse drug effects | 26 (63%) |
| Failure to address problems with compliance | 11 (27%) |
| Condition untreated from previous admission | 4 (10%) |
| Total | 41 (100%) |
*TTO, “to take out” form given to patients at the time of hospital discharge.