Economic Impact of Emergency Visits due to Drug-Related Morbidity on a Brazilian Hospital.

Objectives: To estimate the cost of managing drug-related morbidity (DRM) that leads to visits to the emergency department of a Brazilian hospital.

Methods: This is a cost-of-illness study based on a retrospective cross-sectional analysis of patients' medical records. A questionnaire and analysis of medical records were used to identify patients who were being admitted to the emergency department because of DRM.