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According to the WHO study, medical errors due to harmful drug administration are three times greater in children than in adults.

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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. [tier=silver indep_score=0.77 clusters=2 claim_tier=notable | framework convergence=single on WHO's 2007 report, which itself draws the 'three times' figure from the 2001 JAMA Kaushal et al. study on pediatric inpatients (upstreams: WHO 'Promoting Safety of Medicines for Children' (2007), Kaushal R, Bates DW, Landrigan C, et al. 'Medication errors and adverse drug events in pediatric inpatients.' JAMA 2001;285(16):2114-2120) — publishers independent, evidence may not be | kind=attributed eligibility=high]

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