Scale, nature, preventability and causes of adverse events in hospitalised older patients

Age and Ageing

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 87-93

  Merten, Hanneke ^a,b   Zegers, Marieke ^b   De bruijne, Martine C ^a   Wagner, Cordula ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Causes; Older patients; Patient safety; Retrospective record review

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TISSUE INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SAFETY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84871297383     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afs153     Document Type: Article

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