Long waiting lists for cardiac surgery are a problem for national health care systems, 1 and
deaths among those waiting to be treated are a special cause for concern. 2, 3 Priority is …

Objective: Adverse safety events in the hospital could impose extra costs not only due to
longer stays and corrective treatments, but also due to deaths and readmissions. The effects …

One in every nine patients who go into hospital in Australia suffers a complication–about
900,000 patients each year. If they stay in overnight, the figure rises to one in four–about …

In defence of the hospital standardized mortality ratio. - Abstract - Europe PMC Sign in | Create
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Two articles in this issue1 2 appraise economic analyses related to patient safety. Among
many findings, one stands out: there are not very many analyses to appraise. Several …

Objective: We sought to determine the relationship between peak hospital workload and
rates of adverse events (AEs). Methods: A random sample of 24,676 adult patients …

Objectives: To investigate a method to identify and understand patterns of adverse events by
utilising secondary data analysis; to identify the types of complications associated with …

Understanding and using the hospital standardized mortality ratio in Canada: challenges and
opportunities. - Abstract - Europe PMC Sign in | Create an account https://orcid.org Europe …

Objective: To determine the costs of adverse events in patients in the medical intensive care
unit and in the cardiac intensive care unit. Design, Setting, and Patients: We performed a …

The aim of this study was to estimate the incidence of adverse events in acute surgical
admissions for cardiac disease in admitted episodes in the year 2003–2004 and to estimate …