Table 1PICO characteristics of review question

PopulationAdults and young people (16 years and over) admitted to hospital with a suspected or confirmed AME
Interventions
  • Presence of medical ward based pharmacists
    • for 7 days a week
    • for less than 7 days a week
ComparisonNo ward based pharmacists
Outcomes

Mortality (CRITICAL)

Quality of life (CRITICAL)

Patient and/or carer satisfaction (CRITICAL)

Avoidable adverse events (CRITICAL)

Length of stay in hospital (CRITICAL)

Prescribing errors (CRITICAL)

Missed medications (CRITICAL)

Medicines reconciliation (CRITICAL)

Readmissions up to 30 days (IMPORTANT)

Future admissions to hospital (over 30 days) (IMPORTANT)

Discharges (IMPORTANT)

Staff satisfaction (IMPORTANT)

Study designSystematic reviews (SRs) of RCTs, RCTs, observational studies only to be included if no relevant SRs or RCTs are identified.

From: Chapter 30, Pharmacist support

Cover of Emergency and acute medical care in over 16s: service delivery and organisation
Emergency and acute medical care in over 16s: service delivery and organisation.
NICE Guideline, No. 94.
National Guideline Centre (UK).
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