Table 2:
Characteristics of Analyzed and Excluded Patients
| Characteristic | Analyzed patients: with current SEPCD | Excluded patients: without current SEPCD | P valuea |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patients, n | 70 | 124 | |
| Mean age (SD) | 69 (14) | 74 (16) | 0.03 |
| Female, n (%) | 42 (60) | 62 (50) | 0.18 |
| Mean number of medications (SD) | 16 (5.4) | 15 (7.2) | 0.31 |
| Race, n (%) | |||
| White | 47 (67) | 85 (69) | 0.42 |
| Black | 19 (27) | 25 (20) | |
| Asian | 3 (4) | 7 (6) | |
| Other | 1 (1) | 7 (6) | |
| Insurance, n (%) | |||
| Commercial | 11 (16) | 11 (9) | 0.04 |
| Medicaid only | 0 | 11 (9) | |
| Medicare only | 1 (1) | 5 (4) | |
| Medicare + Medicaid | 31 (44) | 51 (41) | |
| Medicare + other secondary | 27 (39) | 44 (35) | |
| Other | 0 | 2 (2) | |
| Provider type that obtained initial AMH, n (%) | |||
| Usual care (physicians and nurses) | 33 (47) | 61 (49) | 0.41 |
| Usual care plus pharmacist | 15 (21) | 34 (27) | |
| Usual care plus pharmacy technician | 22 (31) | 29 (23) | |
| Admission medication history (AMH) errors | 315 | 702 | |
| AMH errors per patient (SD) | 4.5 (3.3) | 5.7 (5.7) | 0.12b |
| Resultant inpatient order errors | 147 | 272 | |
| Order errors per patient (SD) | 2.1 (2.0) | 2.2 (2.6) | 0.78† |
aBold results are statistically significant.
bUsing Wilcoxon rank sum tests, these p-values are 0.65 for AMH errors and 0.54 for order errors