Background Interest in patient safety (PS) is growing exponentially, fuelled by
epidemiological research unveiling the extent of unsafe care. However, there is little …

Objective To determine the impact and preventability of adverse events (AEs) associated
with health care in Spanish hospitals. Design Retrospective cohort study. Setting Twenty …

Background Several review studies have shown that 3.4% to 16.6% of patients in acute care
hospitals experience one or more adverse events. Adverse events (AEs) in hospitals …

Objective: To determine the incidence and incidence density of adverse events (AEs) in
Spanish hospitals (including the pre-hospitalisation period). Method: Retrospective cohort …

Background Despite the worldwide growing attention to patient safety, Tunisia has no data
on the magnitude and consequences of hospital adverse events (AEs). Objective To …

Objective To analyse the variation in the rate of adverse events (AEs) between acute
hospitals and explore the extent to which some patients and hospital characteristics …

Objective To evaluate the incidence of adverse events in Brazilian hospitals. Design
Retrospective cohort study based on patient record review. Setting Three teaching hospitals …

With widespread interest and investments in patient safety in the 13 years following the US
Institute of Medicine report To Err is Human, 1 the question has understandably arisen: have …

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 …

Objectives To assess whether, compared with previous years, hospital care became safer in
2011/2012, expressing itself in a fall in preventable adverse event (AE) rates alongside …