Background: Adverse events are poor patient outcomes that are due to medical care.
Studies of hospital patients have demonstrated that adverse events are common, but few …

Background: Research into adverse events (AEs) has highlighted the need to improve
patient safety. AEs are unintended injuries or complications resulting in death, disability or …

Article-at-a-Glance Background A two-stage probability sample of patients recently
discharged from 16 general acute care hospitals in Massachusetts were interviewed to …

Background Adverse events during hospitalization are a major cause of patient harm, as
documented in the 1991 Harvard Medical Practice Study. Patient safety has changed …

Objectives: To estimate the extent, nature and consequences of adverse events in a large
National Health Service (NHS) hospital, and to evaluate the reliability of a two-stage …

Objective Retrospective records reviews carried out in several countries have shown
substantial rates of adverse events (AE) among hospitalized patients, preventable in half the …

Method Chart reviews were carried out on 1.097 acute care hospital admissions, sampled
from the central Danish National Patient Register. The sample was truly proportional with no …

The goals of this study were to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of 15 screening criteria
for adverse events, preventable adverse events, and severe adverse events in medical …

Aims To assess the preventability and clinical context of adverse events identified in New
Zealand public hospitals. Methods Two-stage retrospective review of 6579 medical records …

Objective To determine the change in adverse event (AE) rates and preventable AE rates
over time, identify certain patient risk groups and discuss factors influencing the outcome …