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- Title
Relevance of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Patient Safety Indicators for children's hospitals.
- Authors
Sedman, Aileen; Harris, J Mitchell, 2nd; Schulz, Kristine; Schwalenstocker, Ellen; Remus, Denise; Scanlon, Matthew; Bahl, Vinita
- Abstract
Patient safety indicators (PSIs) were developed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Our objectives were (1) to apply these algorithms to the National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI) Aggregate Case Mix Comparative Database for 1999-2002, (2) to establish mean rates for each of the PSI events in children's hospitals, (3) to investigate the inadequacies of PSIs in relation to pediatric diagnoses, and (4) to express the data in such a way that children's hospitals could use the PSIs determined to be appropriate for pediatric use for comparison with their own data. In addition, we wanted to use the data to set priorities for ongoing clinical investigations and to propose interventions if the indicators demonstrated preventable errors.
- Publication
Pediatrics, 2005, Vol 115, Issue 1, p135
- ISSN
1098-4275
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1542/peds.2004-1083