Is patient safety improving? National trends in patient safety indicators: 1998-2007.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Emphasis has been placed on quality and patient safety in medicine; however, little is known about whether quality over time has actually improved in areas such as patient safety indicators (PSIs).

Objective

To determine whether national trends for hospital PSIs have improved from 1998 to 2007.

Design, setting, and participants

Using PSI criteria from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, PSIs were identified in the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) for all eligible inpatient admissions between 1998 and 2007. Joinpoint regression was used to estimate annual percentage changes (APCs) for PSIs.

Main outcome measure

Annual percent change for PSIs.

Results

From 1998 to 2007, 7.6 million PSI events occurred for over 69 million hospitalizatio

SUBMITTER: Downey JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3393002 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature