Exploring vulnerability to patient safety events along the age continuum.

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Exploring vulnerability to patient safety events along the age continuum.

April 3, 2019

Field C, Finley E, Deutsch ES. PA-PSRS Pa Patient Saf Advis. 2019;16(1).

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This article analyzed 2017 data submitted to the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority to document age-related patterns of patient harm in Pennsylvania hospitals. Complications were highly associated with serious harm that unexpectedly declined in patients of advanced age.

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