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. 1995 Nov 6;163(9):458-71.
doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1995.tb124691.x.

The Quality in Australian Health Care Study

R M Wilson  1 , W B Runciman, R W Gibberd, B T Harrison, L Newby, J D Hamilton
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The Quality in Australian Health Care Study

R M Wilson et al. Med J Aust. .

Abstract

A review of the medical records of over 14,000 admissions to 28 hospitals in New South Wales and South Australia revealed that 16.6% of these admissions were associated with an "adverse event", which resulted in disability or a longer hospital stay for the patient and was caused by health care management; 51% of the adverse events were considered preventable. In 77.1% the disability had resolved within 12 months, but in 13.7% the disability was permanent and in 4.9% the patient died.

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