| Title |
A Comprehensive Overview of Medical Error in Hospitals Using Incident-Reporting Systems, Patient Complaints and Chart Review of Inpatient Deaths
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, February 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0031125 |
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| Authors |
Jeantine M. de Feijter, Willem S. de Grave, Arno M. Muijtjens, Albert J. J. A. Scherpbier, Richard P. Koopmans |
| Abstract |
Incident reporting systems (IRS) are used to identify medical errors in order to learn from mistakes and improve patient safety in hospitals. However, IRS contain only a small fraction of occurring incidents. A more comprehensive overview of medical error in hospitals may be obtained by combining information from multiple sources. The WHO has developed the International Classification for Patient Safety (ICPS) in order to enable comparison of incident reports from different sources and institutions. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 40% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 13% |
| Australia | 1 | 7% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 7% |
| Unknown | 5 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 8 | 53% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 6 | 40% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 7% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Uruguay | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 127 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 26 | 20% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 21 | 16% |
| Researcher | 14 | 11% |
| Other | 9 | 7% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 7% |
| Other | 28 | 21% |
| Unknown | 25 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 46 | 35% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 16 | 12% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 8 | 6% |
| Psychology | 6 | 5% |
| Social Sciences | 6 | 5% |
| Other | 20 | 15% |
| Unknown | 30 | 23% |