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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Emerg Med. 2015 Mar 19;49(1):78–84. doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2014.12.052

Table 3.

The Composition of Inaccurate Medication Ingestion Histories by Medication Class.

Medication Class Number Inaccurate
n (%)
EMR missed a medication subject reported
n (%)
EMR included medication subject did not report
n (%)
Prescriptions 392 (78.1%) 104 (26.5%) 313 (79.8%)
Non-prescriptions 226 (45.0%) 172 (76.1%) 72 (31.8%)
Vitamins 100 (19.9%) 73 (73.0%) 29 (29.0%)
Herbals 55 (10.9%) 37 (67.3%) 7 (12.7%)
Supplements 92 (18.3%) 81 (89.1%) 11 (11.9)