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Table 3 Mean omission rate per 100 dispensed doses per resident & omission rate per omission category

From: Medication omission rates in New Zealand residential aged care homes: a national description

Care Level

Omissions Rate per 100 doses Mean (s.d.)

Withheld Rate per 100 doses Mean (s.d.)

Refused Rate per 100 doses Mean (s.d.)

Not Administered Rate per 100 doses Mean (s.d)

Hospital Care

3.37 (5.71)

0.59 (1.29)

1.47 (4.44)

1.31 (2.50)

Rest Home Care

3.25 (7.22)

0.39 (1.48)

1.03 (4.09)

1.83 (5.17)

Transitional Care

8.49 (15.52)

0.49 (1.28)

1.80 (6.84)

6.20 (13.77)

YPD

2.47 (3.34)

0.29 (0.58)

0.98 (2.70)

1.20 (1.37)

Palliative Care

10.47 (11.63)

2.34 (6.57)

2.32 (3.97)

5.82 (8.90)

Dementia Residential

3.54 (7.82)

0.56 (1.79)

1.37 (4.91)

1.61 (4.72)

Dementia Hospital

3.66 (6.18)

1.19 (1.64)

1.36 (3.43)

1.11 (4.19)

Total

3.59 (7.43)

0.51 (1.55)

1.27 (4.43)

1.82 (5.17)