Background
Methods
Definition
Database
Identification of relevant ICD-10 codes
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Category A.1: A drug-related causation was noted in the ICD-10, e.g., G44.4 "Drug-induced headache, not elsewhere classified."
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Category A.2: A drug- or other substance-related causation was noted in the ICD-10, e.g., I42.7 "Cardiomyopathy due to drugs and other external agents."
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Category B.1: The event was denoted as a drug poisoning, thus implying an unphysiological dosage, e.g., T36.0 "Poisoning: Penicillins."
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Category B.2: The event was denoted as poisoning by or harmful use of drugs or other substances, e.g., T50.9 "Poisoning: Other and unspecified drugs, medicaments, and biological substances."
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Category C: A drug related causation was very likely, e.g., A04.7 "Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile."
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Category D: A drug-related causation was likely, e.g., F52.2 "Failure of genital response."
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Category E: A drug-related causation was possible, e.g., J81 "Pulmonary edema."
Category | Definition | Number of codes | Proportion of all codes |
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A.1 | Caused by a drug | 104 | 20.6% |
A.2 | Caused by a drug or other substance | 78 | 15.4% |
B.1 | Poisoning by drug | 133 | 26.3% |
B.2 | Poisoning by or harmful use of a drug or other substance | 15 | 3.0% |
C | ADE very likely | 30 | 5.9% |
D | ADE likely | 83 | 16.4% |
E | ADE possible | 62 | 12.3% |
Total | 505 | 100.0% |
Drug-related hospital admissions
Hospital-acquired ADE
Statistics
Results
Year | |||||
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2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007†
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In-patients (number) | 11,912,797 | 11,205,770 | 11,269,412 | 11,978,011 | 12,244,671 |
PCCL (percentage) | |||||
0 | 56.45 | 52.25 | 52.75 | 53.64 | 55.16 |
1 | 0.62 | 0.60 | 0.52 | 0.80 | 1.41 |
2 | 14.73 | 15.07 | 13.83 | 13.40 | 14.35 |
3 | 16.67 | 17.75 | 17.51 | 17.59 | 17.69 |
4 | 11.52 | 14.33 | 15.40 | 14.56 | 11.39 |
Sex (percentage) | |||||
Male | 45.40 | 45.33 | 45.65 | 45.95 | 45.96 |
Female | 54.60 | 54.66 | 54.34 | 54.04 | 54.04 |
Age group (percentage) | |||||
<18 | 13.38 | 12.97 | 12.60 | 12.08 | 11.88 |
18 to 59 | 39.43 | 37.84 | 37.44 | 36.92 | 36.62 |
60 to 79 | 35.61 | 36.45 | 36.69 | 36.93 | 36.86 |
>79 | 19.84 | 21.65 | 22.41 | 23.52 | 24.13 |
Length of stay | |||||
Mean (days) | 7.31 | 7.51 | 7.29 | 7.35 | 7.26 |
Stdev (days) | 3.15 | 3.16 | 3.03 | 3.05 | 3.03 |
Drug-related hospital admissions
Category | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | Total | |||||
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Rate | Number | Rate | Number | Rate | Number | Rate | Number | Rate | Number | Rate | |
A.1 | 0.06% | 9546 | 0.10% | 14728 | 0.10% | 14867 | 0.12% | 18287 | 0.11% | 17664 | 0.10% |
A.2 | 0.22% | 36614 | 0.23% | 34894 | 0.23% | 34194 | 0.20% | 30689 | 0.20% | 31842 | 0.22% |
B.1 | 0.08% | 13676 | 0.10% | 14958 | 0.09% | 13582 | 0.11% | 16840 | 0.07% | 10424 | 0.09% |
B.2 | 0.04% | 6188 | 0.03% | 5172 | 0.03% | 4823 | 0.03% | 4857 | 0.03% | 4697 | 0.03% |
C | 0.14% | 22883 | 0.16% | 24394 | 0.18% | 27082 | 0.20% | 30699 | 0.22% | 34623 | 0.19% |
D | 1.09% | 181152 | 1.19% | 179801 | 1.17% | 175682 | 1.24% | 187583 | 1.40% | 218105 | 1.23% |
E | 2.95% | 490194 | 3.10% | 469040 | 3.16% | 474140 | 3.36% | 509535 | 3.10% | 482905 | 3.14% |
A - E | 4.58% | 760252 | 4.91% | 742987 | 4.97% | 744369 | 5.26% | 798490 | 5.14% | 800260 | 4.98% |
Total number of in-patients | 16598546 | 15127645 | 14989953 | 15181779 | 15559359 |
ICD-10-GM | Category | Admissions | ||
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Code | Text | Frequency | Percentage | |
A04.7 | Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile
| C | 9874 | 0.065 |
T88.7 | Unspecified adverse effect of drug or medicament | A.2 | 5004 | 0.033 |
I95.2 | Hypotension due to drugs | A.1 | 3720 | 0.025 |
D69.0 | Allergic purpura | C | 3526 | 0.023 |
T50.9 | Poisoning: Other and unspecified drugs, medicaments and biological substances | B.2 | 3501 | 0.023 |
T78.3 | Adverse effects, not elsewhere classified: angioneurotic edema | A.2 | 3465 | 0.023 |
L27.0 | Generalized skin eruption due to drugs and medicaments | A.2 | 3400 | 0.022 |
K52.1 | Toxic gastroenteritis and colitis | C | 2727 | 0.018 |
D70.10 | Drug-induced agranulocytosis and neutropenia: Critical phase <10 days | A.1 | 2022 | 0.013 |
T78.4 | Adverse effects, not elsewhere classified: allergy, unspecified | A.2 | 1754 | 0.012 |
Total number of in-patients | 15181779 | 100.000 |
Hospital-acquired ADE
Category | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | Total | |||||
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Rate | Number | Rate | Number | Rate | Number | Rate | Number | Rate | Number | Rate | |
A.1 | 0.61% | 101850 | 0.80% | 121181 | 0.84% | 126113 | 0.90% | 136963 | 1.00% | 155226 | 0.85% |
A.2 | 2.78% | 460850 | 2.54% | 383580 | 2.48% | 371473 | 2.47% | 374988 | 2.29% | 356265 | 2.52% |
B.1 | 0.24% | 39127 | 0.23% | 34158 | 0.21% | 31197 | 0.21% | 31816 | 0.14% | 21425 | 0.21% |
B.2 | 0.13% | 20939 | 0.12% | 17627 | 0.10% | 15521 | 0.10% | 14712 | 0.07% | 11039 | 0.11% |
C | 0.79% | 130548 | 0.81% | 122058 | 0.83% | 124617 | 0.92% | 139172 | 1.05% | 163740 | 0.89% |
D | 9.55% | 1585917 | 10.79% | 1632913 | 11.87% | 1778861 | 12.56% | 1907125 | 13.28% | 2066457 | 11.74% |
E | 19.18% | 3184349 | 20.36% | 3080717 | 21.00% | 3148326 | 22.01% | 3342171 | 23.92% | 3721954 | 21.40% |
A - E | 33.28% | 5523579 | 35.64% | 5392233 | 37.33% | 5596108 | 39.17% | 5946946 | 41.75% | 6496107 | 37.61% |
Total number of in-patients | 16598546 | 15127645 | 14989953 | 15181779 | 15559359 |
ICD-10-GM | Category | Admissions | ||
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Code | Text | Frequency | Percentage | |
T88.7 | Unspecified adverse effect of drug or medicament | A.2 | 83182 | 0.548 |
Y57.9 | Drug or medicament, unspecified | A.2 | 48276 | 0.318 |
T78.4 | Adverse effects, not elsewhere classified: allergy, unspecified | A.2 | 42677 | 0.281 |
D69.58 | Secondary thrombocytopenia, not described as transfusion resistant | C | 31791 | 0.209 |
A04.7 | Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile
| C | 26341 | 0.174 |
T80.1 | Vascular complications following infusion, transfusion, or therapeutic injection | A.2 | 20742 | 0.137 |
D70.10 | Drug-induced agranulocytosis and neutropenia: Critical phase <10 days | A.1 | 14022 | 0.092 |
D61.10 | Drug-induced aplastic anemia due to chemotherapy | A.1 | 13003 | 0.086 |
D69.59 | Secondary thrombocytopenia, not otherwise specified | C | 12357 | 0.081 |
F13.7 | Mental and behavioral disorders due to use of sedatives or hypnotics, residual and late-onset psychotic disorder | A.2 | 12153 | 0.080 |
Total number of in-patients | 15181779 | 100.00 |