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Serious Reportable Events in Massachusetts Acute Care Hospitals: January 1, 2008–December 31, 2008.
Executive Office of Health and Human Services, Department of Public Health, Bureau of Health Care Safety and Quality. Boston, MA: Commonwealth of Massachusetts; 2009.

This report synthesizes patient safety data documented by Massachusetts hospitals in 2008. Of the 338 serious reportable events, falls were the most common (66%) incidents.
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