Incidence of adverse events related to health care in Spain: results of the Spanish National Study of Adverse Events.

J. M. Aranaz-Andrés; C. Aibar-Remón; J. Vitaller-Murillo; P. Ruiz-López; R. Limón-Ramírez; E. Terol-García; ENEAS work group

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Incidence of adverse events related to health care in Spain: results of the Spanish National Study of Adverse Events.

December 3, 2008

Aranaz-Andrés JM, Aibar-Remón C, Vitaller-Murillo J, et al. J Epidemiol Community Health (1978). 2008;62(12):1022-9.

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This retrospective cohort study analyzed inpatient cases associated with adverse events (AEs) and found that the most frequent events were related to medications, hospital infections, and technical problems during a procedure. The authors point out that their AE rates mirror those described in Canada and Australia but are higher than those reported in the highly regarded Harvard Medical Practice Study.

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