The Irish National Adverse Event Study-2 (INAES-2): longitudinal trends in adverse event rates in the Irish healthcare system.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To quantify the prevalence and nature of adverse events in acute Irish hospitals in 2015 and to assess the impact of the National Clinical Programmes and the National Clinical Guidelines on the prevalence of adverse events by comparing these results with the previously published data from 2009.

Design and methods

A retrospective chart review of 1605 admissions to eight Irish hospitals in 2015, using identical methods to those used in 2009.

Results

The percentage of admissions associated with one or more adverse events was unchanged (p=0.48) at 14% (95% CI=10.4% to 18.4%) in 2015 compared with 12.2% (95% CI=9.5% to 15.5%) in 2009. Similarly, the prevalence of preventable adverse events was unchanged (p=0.3) at 7.4% (95% CI=5.3% to 10.5%) in 2015 compared wit

SUBMITTER: Connolly W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8237194 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature