California and Maryland hospital data are used to estimate the incremental cost associated
with 64 categories of hospital acquired complications. The reason for admission, severity of …

We examined computerized hospital discharge ab stract data from 372,680 major surgery
patients admit ted to 404 California acute care hospitals in 1988 to identify potential …

This article describes the development of Potentially Preventable Complications (PPCs), a
new method that uses a present on admission (POA) indicator to identify in-hospital …

Objective To estimate the additional hospital costs associated with inpatient medical harms
occurring during an index inpatient admission and costs from subsequent readmissions …

The Complications Screening Program (CSP) is a method using standard hospital discharge
abstract data to identify 27 potentially preventable in-hospital complications, such as post …

This Statistical Brief presents national data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project
(HCUP) on rates and total costs of potentially preventable hospitalizations. Distribution of the …

Objective To estimate the relative inpatient costs of hospital-acquired conditions. Methods
Patient level costs were estimated using computerized costing systems that log individual …

Adverse Events in Hospitals: National Incidence Among Medicare Beneficiaries (OEI-06-09-00090;
11/10) Page 1 Department of Health and Human Services OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL …

Patient injuries are thought to have a substantial financial impact on the health care system,
but recent studies have been limited to estimating the costs of adverse drug events in …

Objective. To compare cases identified through the Complications Screening Program
(CSP) as complications with cases using the same ICD-9 secondary diagnosis codes, where …