According to the WHO study, medical errors due to harmful drug administration are three times greater in children than in adults.
Notes on verification
Corroborated by WHO's own 2007 report/news release, an independent BMJ article citing the same statistic, and the underlying Kaushal et al. 2001 JAMA study. Multiple independent secondary sources converge on the same figure.
Sources
- L'Oms sottolinea l'urgenza di garantire la sicurezza dei farmaci per l'infanzia (epicentro.iss.it)
- https://www.who.int/news/item/21-09-2007-who-stresses-need-to-ensure-the-safety-of-children-s-medicines (who.int)
- https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2137042 (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
- https://www.who.int/publications/b/40354 (who.int)
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11311101/ (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)