Abstract
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the variances related medication management and instruction task which were collected from 4605 patients.
The total incidence of variances was 15.7% (723/4605). The highest incidence (51.8%) was revealed in the department of psychiatry and the lowest (3.6%) in the department of ophthalmology. The total settled rate of variances was 59.4%, among which department of gastroenterology was the highest (80.4%) and cardiology was the lowest (48.3%). In the department in which more number of drugs were prescribed, there was a tendency of poor compliance for medication. Postoperative sleeplessness, pain and constipation were frequently complained in the patients of departments in which many operations were performed.
Consideration of the duration of hospitalization, types of drugs prescribed, age and comprehensiveness of the patient is important to achieve the higher rate of settlement of variances.
