Market distribution of medication error reporting globally 2018, by error type

Published by
Matej Mikulic,
Oct 19, 2021
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

CharacteristicKonowledge based errorRule based errorAction based errorMemory based arror
2026* 29.5% 13.9% 34.8% 21.9%
2018 33.5% 14.1% 29.7% 22.8%
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July 2019

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as of June 2019

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Market share based on revenue.
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