The Quality in Australian Health Care Study
The Medical Journal of AustraliaPublished 1 November 1995
R. M. Wilson, W. B. Runciman, Robert Gibberd, Bernadette T Harrison, Liza Newby, John D. Hamilton
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Abstract
A review of the medical records of over 14,000 admissions to 28 hospitals in New South Wales and South Australia revealed that 16.6% of these admissions were associated with an "adverse event", which resulted in disability or a longer hospital stay for the patient and was caused by health care management; 51% of the adverse events were considered preventable. In 77.1% the disability had resolved within 12 months, but in 13.7% the disability was permanent and in 4.9% the patient died.
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