Medical Errors: Excess Hospital Costs and Lengths of Stay

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• Personal Author:
  Johnson T ; Kirschbaum M ; Nordgren LD ; Peterson ML
• Description:
  To focus on effective patient safety strategies in an environment of intense competition for resources, a method of quantifying the effect of potential sources of medical errors was developed. This study assessed excess length of stay (LOS) and hospitalization costs associated with patients who experienced errors. The distribution of the errors occurring within the mean LOS experienced by others with the same diagnosis and severity was also examined. Patients with errors had longer stays and greater costs when compared to controls. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Hazardous Substances Health Personnel Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Quality Control Safety Safety Management Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Cost Containment And Management Data Analysis Health-care Health-care-personnel Health-hazards Health-standards Occupational-accidents Occupational-health-services Patient Safety Qualitative-analysis Quality-control Safety-education Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Safety-practices Statistical-analysis Statistical-quality-control Statistical Analysis Work-environment Work-practices Workplace-studies

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• ISSN:
  1062-2551
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Minnesota ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  42-48
• Volume:
  26
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20037634
• Citation:
  J Healthc Qual 2004 Mar/Apr; 26(2):42-48
• Contact Point Address:
  Leslie Nordgren, Health Care Improvement Resources Department, Allina Hospitals & Clinics, Roseville, MN
• Email:
  leslie.nordgren@allina.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• Performing Organization:
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal for Healthcare Quality
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:12f0e5519b36378c9481c3be2124ab9e6a4075c67e41bbdf1b248869b2ef3b67745ead25468910c15b3460791d33212efb9e3134b452a314573602323195e516
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/188689/cdc_188689_DS1.pdf
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