Table 4.
Estimated National Incidence and Incremental Cost of Preventable Adverse Drug Events Related to Injectable Medications
| Annual number of inpatient hospitalizations in the United Statesa | 37 million |
| Probability of avoidable ADE from injectable medications per hospitalization | 3.3% (95% CI, 2.7%-3.9%) |
| Annual number of hospitalizations with preventable ADEs resulting from injectable medications in the United States | 1.2 million (95% CI, 1.0 million-1.4 million) |
| Incremental cost of preventable ADE from injectable medications per hospitalizationb | $3100 (95% CI, $2700-$3600) |
| Annual incremental cost of preventable ADEs resulting from injectable medicationsb | $3.8 billion (95% CI, $2.7 billion-$5.1 billion) |
| Average annual inpatient preventable ADE cost resulting from injectable medication per hospital (6268 hospitals)b | $600,000 |
a
American Hospital Association. AHA Hospital Statistics, 2012 edition. 2012. www.aha.org/research/rc/stat-studies/fast-facts.shtml. Accessed September 17, 2012.
b
Costs are expressed in projected 2013 dollars.
ADEs indicates adverse drug events; CI, confidence interval.