Drug-related problems and risk factors related to unplanned hospital readmission among cancer patients in Belgium

Introduction: There are about 60,000 diagnoses of cancer per year in Belgium. After hospital care, about 12–13% of cancer patients are readmitted within 30 days after discharge. These readmissions are partly related to drug-related problems (DRP), such as interactions or adverse drug effects (ADE). Objectives: The aim of this study is to quantify and to classify DRP readmissions within 30 days for cancer patients and to highlight risk factors potentially correlated to readmissions. Methods: This study is a 6-month observational retrospective study in two care facilities in Brussels: an academi... Mehr ...