Inequities in Inpatient Pediatric Patient Safety Events by Category.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Few studies have analyzed potential inequities in both pediatric patient safety events (PSEs) and adverse events (AEs) - PSEs leading to harm - nor in PSEs by event type. We sought to examine potential inequities in rates of pediatric PSEs overall, by severity, and by category based on race and ethnicity, insurance payor, and language as measured using voluntary incident reports (IRs).

Methods

We conducted a retrospective cohort study of pediatric hospitalizations between January 19, 2012 through December 31, 2019 at a US urban, tertiary care children's hospital. Analyzing 85 458 hospitalizations, we compared PSEs overall, by severity, and by event category by race and ethnicity, insurance payor, and language using incident rate ratios (IRRs).

Results

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SUBMITTER: Pantell MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11609968 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature