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Gillian Bartlett, PhD, Régis Blais, PhD, Robyn Tamblyn, PhD, Richard J. Clermont, MD and Brenda MacGibbon, PhD

From the Department of Family Medicine (Bartlett), McGill University; the Department of Health Administration (Blais), Université de Montréal; the Departments of Medicine, and of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Tamblyn), McGill University; the Département de médecine (Clermont), Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Hôpital Hôtel-Dieu; and the Département de mathématiques (MacGibbon), Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Que.


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  		Figure 1: Relation between index admission and occurrence (O) and detection (D) of adverse events over time. *Information was available to determine the period of capture for 52 of 63 preventable adverse events and {dagger}93 of 154 nonpreventable adverse events.

 

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  		Figure 2: Selection of medical charts screened for the occurrence of a preventable adverse event.

 

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  		Figure 3: Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for factors associated with preventable adverse events, adjusted for age, sex, Charlson Comorbidity Index score, admission status and type of hospital.

 

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  		Table 3.