Variation in Patient Safety Outcomes and the Importance of Being Informed.

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Variation in Patient Safety Outcomes and the Importance of Being Informed.

January 15, 2014

Golden, CO: Healthgrades; 2013.

This analysis of Medicare hospitalization data from 2009–2011 highlights hospital efforts to drive safety improvement but notes that more than 280,000 preventable patient safety events occurred. The report also recognizes 379 hospitals with a Patient Safety Excellence Award for 2013.

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