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Table 2 Medication reconciliation process

From: Impact of pharmacy-led medication reconciliation on admission to internal medicine service: experience in two tertiary care teaching hospitals

Variable

Frequency (Percentage)

Time Needed For Medication History (min)

 Mean

11.2

 Standard deviation

6.2

Information Sourcea

 Patient interview

143 (70.1)

 Caregiver / family member interview

117 (57.4)

 Examination of home medication bottles or boxes

114 (55.9)

 Review of previous medical record

52 (25.5)

 Communication with the physician

8 (3.9)

Critical Analysis of Patient Cases

 Cases with no discrepancies (one-to-one match)

94 (46.1)

 Cases with intended discrepancies

16 (7.8)

 Cases with unintended discrepancies

94 (46.1)

 Total number of patient cases

204 (100)

  1. aCumulative percentage exceeds 100%. More than one source of information was used for every patient