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Five Ways Corresponding Percentages of Parents Get Treatment Instructions Wrong
Submitted By Anonymous, Created 07/31/2017 - 10:34
- Up to 38% of parents and caregivers didn’t know the right medicine dose
- 42% of them didn’t understand how often children needed to take prescribed drugs
- 42% to 48% of parents had dosing errors with prescriptions (20% more or less medication than prescribed)
- Up to 62% of families missed recommended follow-up appointments after kids were discharged from an inpatient hospital stay
- 81% of families of children treated in emergency rooms missed recommended follow-up appointments
Source: Pediatrics July 24, 2017, via Reuters Health
Source URL: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-children-medication...