The global medication error reporting market was worth some 326 million U.S. dollars in 2018. Of this, one third was due to knowledge based errors. According to some sources, between 44,000 and 98,000 people die annually due to medication errors in the U.S., making it the eighth leading cause of deaths in the country.
Global medication error reporting market share in 2018 and a forecast for 2026, by error type
Characteristic
Konowledge based error
Rule based error
Action based error
Memory based arror
2026*
29.5%
13.9%
34.8%
21.9%
2018
33.5%
14.1%
29.7%
22.8%
0%25%50%75%100%125%
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