Outpatients |
No of patients | 451 | 176 | |
Female | 355 (40.2%) | 89 (35.6%) | 0.188 (χ2) |
Mean age at time of prescribing in months (SD) | 105.5 (67.8) | 106.8 (66.2) | 0.785 (unpaired t test) |
No of items prescribed | 1574 | 648 | |
No of dose errors | 37 (2.3%) | 9 (1.2%) | 0.049 (χ2) |
Discharge prescriptions |
No of patients | 281 | 335 | |
Female | 97 (28.4) | 137 (28.8) | 0.881 (χ2) |
Median age at time of prescribing in months (quartile range) | 43 (18–106) | 58 (19–127) | 0.058 (Mann–Whitney) |
No of items prescribed | 1098 | 2057 | |
No of dose errors | 33 (3%) | 19 (1%) | <0.001 (χ2) |
Inpatients |
No of admissions | 182 | 165 | |
Female (%) | 75 (41.2) | 57 (34.5) | 0.202 (χ2) |
Mean age at admission (months±SD) | 93 (±66) | 77 (±58) | 0.016 (unpaired t test) |
No of items prescribed | 1267 | 2079 | |
No of dose errors | 18 (1.42%) | 29 (1.39%) | 0.95 (χ2) |