a retrospective cohort study
| Autor: | Sousa, Paulo, Uva, António Sousa, Serranheira, Florentino, Uva, Mafalda Sousa, Nunes, Carla |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Centro de Investigação em Saúde Pública (CISP/PHRC), Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública (ENSP) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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| Zdroj: | Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) instacron:RCAAP |
| Popis: | Objective: To analyse the variation in the rate of adverse events (AEs) between acute hospitals and explore the extent to which some patients and hospital characteristics influence the differences in the rates of AEs. Design: Retrospective cohort study. Chi-square test for independence and binary logistic regression models were used to identify the potential association of some patients and hospital characteristics with AEs. Setting: Nine acute Portuguese public hospital centres. Participants: A random sample of 4250 charts, representative of around 180 000 hospital admissions in 2013, was analysed. Intervention: To measure adverse events based on chart review. Main Outcome Measure: Rate of AEs. Results: Main results: (i) AE incidence was 12.5%; (ii) 66.4% of all AEs were related to Hospital-Acquired Infection and surgical procedures; (iii) patient characteristics such as sex (female 11%; male 14.4%), age (≥65 y 16.4% |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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