The size of the labor wards: is bigger better when it comes to patient safety?
| Autor: | Morten Hedegaard, Maria Milland, Jens Krogh Christoffersen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Denmark Population Insurance Claim Review Danish Patient safety Pregnancy medicine Humans Financial compensation Unit size Obstetrics and Gynecology Department Hospital education Retrospective Studies education.field_of_study Medical Errors business.industry Approval rate Outcome measures Obstetrics and Gynecology Retrospective cohort study General Medicine Delivery Obstetric medicine.disease language.human_language Hospital Bed Capacity Family medicine Compensation and Redress language Female Patient Safety Descriptive research business |
| Zdroj: | Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica. 92:1271-1276 |
| ISSN: | 0001-6349 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/aogs.12229 |
| Popis: | Objective To assess possible associations between the size of labor units and the frequency of approved obstetric claims. Design A nationwide retrospective descriptive study. Setting Denmark. Population All patients seeking financial compensation due to obstetric injuries occurring between 1995 and 2009. Methods In all, 1440 anonymized obstetrics claims were reviewed; 1326 were included in the study. Information regarding the annual number of deliveries for each place of injury was retrieved from the National Birth Registry. Main outcome measures Obstetric injuries approved by the Danish Patient Insurance Association categorized by labor unit size. Results The overall approval rate for submitted claims was 39.7%. Large labor units (3000–3999 deliveries/year) were found to have a lower approval rate (34.2%), compared with very large (≥4000 deliveries/year, 38.6%), intermediate (1000–2999 deliveries/year, 41.7%), and small ( |
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