Citation

Groves JE, Lavori PW, Rosenbaum JF. Int. J. Technol. Assess. Health Care 1993; 9(1): 139-144.

Affiliation

Harvard Medical School.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, Cambridge University Press)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8423112

Abstract

Eight hundred and six medical and surgical patients who were hospitalized via the emergency ward were followed over their entire impairment stays and rated in anterograde, double-blind fashion for inpatient incidents (falls, medication errors, other). Injuries were minor but affected 2.2% of admissions, a figure which is strikingly similar to studies in other hospitals. There was a statistical trend toward a higher-than-normal risk of hazardous in-hospital incidents for males age 20 to 40 admitted because of injury and for medically ill females over 60 years old.

Language: en