Preventability of Adverse Drug Events
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2 Pie charts
Pie chart 1
Title: Of fatal, life-threatening & serious events
Preventable 61%
Pie chart 2
Title: Of less serious events
Preventable 34%
Notes:
Focus on preventable events
High percent of the more serious events were preventable
(Compare to only 43% in the hospital-based study)
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