Patients' reports of adverse events

Patients' reports of adverse events: a data linkage study of Australian adults aged 45 years and over has been published in BMJ Quality & Safety recently.  The researchers surveyed 20,000 patients who had been in hospital in the previous six months.  They were asked if they had had an adverse event (AE) and whether they had received honest communication about it.

7% (474) of the respondees reported having an AD, mostly related to clinical processes or medications. Country of birth and admission through the Emergency Department were significan predictors of these events.  

Walton MM, Harrison R, Kelly P, Smith-Merry J, Manias E, Jorm C, et al. BMJ Quality & Safety. 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2016-006339