Table D-3.

Trending: Average Percent Distribution of Work Area/Unit Patient Safety Grade by Work Area/Unit

2009 Comparative Database Report

#	Work Area/Unit
#	Anesthes- iology	Emer- gency	ICU (any type)	Lab	Medicine	Obstetrics	Pediatrics	Pharmacy	Psych/- Mental Hlth	Radiology	Rehabili- tation	Surgery
No. of Hospitals Both Years	42	146	114	164	171	101	62	135	60	161	139	154
No. of Most Recent Respondents	293	3,442	4,032	2,926	7,598	2,600	1,356	1,705	1,174	3,275	2,090	5,282
No. of Previous Respondents	406	3,120	3,895	2,865	6,220	1,876	1,525	1,560	1,220	3,082	1,941	5,328

Work Area/Unit Patient Safety Grade			Work Area/Unit
Work Area/Unit Patient Safety Grade			Anesthes- iology	Emer- gency	ICU (any type)	Lab	Medicine	Obstetrics	Pediatrics	Pharmacy	Psych/- Mental Hlth	Radiology	Rehabili- tation	Surgery
A	Excellent	Most Recent	33%	16%	18%	26%	15%	24%	25%	26%	24%	29%	33%	33%
		Previous	34%	17%	18%	27%	12%	20%	21%	23%	21%	24%	31%	28%
		Change	-1%	-1%	0%	-1%	3%	4%	4%	3%	3%	5%	2%	5%
B	Very Good	Most Recent	40%	44%	50%	52%	49%	45%	45%	46%	39%	48%	47%	45%
		Previous	41%	41%	43%	46%	44%	46%	46%	47%	41%	50%	48%	44%
		Change	-1%	3%	7%	6%	5%	-1%	-1%	-1%	-2%	-2%	-1%	1%
C	Acceptable	Most Recent	24%	30%	25%	20%	30%	24%	22%	21%	24%	18%	18%	18%
		Previous	18%	29%	28%	21%	33%	26%	26%	22%	26%	20%	17%	20%
		Change	6%	1%	-3%	-1%	-3%	-2%	-4%	-1%	-2%	-2%	1%	-2%
D	Poor	Most Recent	3%	8%	5%	2%	5%	6%	8%	6%	11%	4%	2%	4%
		Previous	4%	10%	9%	5%	9%	7%	7%	6%	10%	5%	3%	6%
		Change	-1%	-2%	-4%	-3%	-4%	-1%	1%	0%	1%	-1%	-1%	-2%
E	Failing	Most Recent	0%	1%	2%	0%	1%	1%	0%	1%	2%	0%	0%	1%
		Previous	3%	3%	3%	1%	1%	1%	0%	2%	2%	1%	1%	1%
		Change	-3%	-2%	-1%	-1%	0%	0%	0%	-1%	0%	-1%	-1%	0%

Note: Average percent totals in the table may not sum to exactly 100% due to rounding of decimals.

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Page last reviewed April 2009

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