The prevalence of potentially preventable deaths in an acute care hospital A retrospective cohort

Medicine (United States)

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2017, Pages

  Kobewka, Daniel M ^a,b   Van Walraven, Carl ^a,b,c,d   Taljaard, Monica ^b,c   Ronksley, Paul ^e   Forster, Alan J ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Patient safety; Preventable deaths

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY RISK; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; MEDICAL ERROR; MORTALITY; ONTARIO; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNCERTAINTY;

AGED; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 85015602164     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: 15365964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000006162     Document Type: Article

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