a Not reported
b Intervention 1 (period 2)=medication list in the hospital electronic patient medical record and quality control of discharge medication reconciliation; Intervention 2 (period 3)=same as intervention 1, with an additional focus on specific medication dispensing system
c No standard deviation (sd) reported
d The authors used χ2 tests for categorical variables, giving p values only for the difference in the outcomes overall distribution by group (Patients with omitted medications: 0 medication, 1-3 medications, 4-8 medications; Omitted doses of different medications: 1, 2, 4; Doses of omitted medications by potential for negative consequences: high, medium, low)
e Not applicable