a Not reported
b Intervention 1 (period 2)=medication list in the
hospital electronic patient medical record and quality control of
discharge medication reconciliation; Intervention 2 (period 3)=same as
intervention 1, with an additional focus on specific medication
dispensing system
c No standard deviation (sd) reported
d The authors used χ2 tests for categorical variables,
giving p values only for the difference in the outcomes overall
distribution by group (Patients with omitted medications: 0 medication,
1-3 medications, 4-8 medications; Omitted doses of different
medications: 1, 2, 4; Doses of omitted medications by potential for
negative consequences: high, medium, low)
e Not applicable