- 551.89 KB]Table D-4.
Trending: Average Percent Distribution of Number of Events Reported in the Past 12 Months 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 |
| Number of Events Reported by Respondents | Anesthes- iology | Emer- gency | ICU (any type) | Lab | Medicine | Obstetrics | Pediatrics | Pharmacy | Psych/- Mental Hlth | Radiology | Rehabili- tation | Surgery | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No events | Most Recent | 57% | 45% | 36% | 45% | 37% | 48% | 41% | 38% | 47% | 55% | 54% | 48% |
| Previous | 62% | 45% | 32% | 51% | 41% | 41% | 42% | 40% | 45% | 59% | 59% | 45% | |
| Change | -5% | 0% | 4% | -6% | -4% | 7% | -1% | -2% | 2% | -4% | -5% | 3% | |
| 1 to 2 events | Most Recent | 34% | 32% | 38% | 30% | 33% | 31% | 34% | 18% | 26% | 32% | 34% | 30% |
| Previous | 25% | 31% | 35% | 27% | 28% | 36% | 33% | 16% | 29% | 28% | 28% | 32% | |
| Change | 9% | 1% | 3% | 3% | 5% | -5% | 1% | 2% | -3% | 4% | 6% | -2% | |
| 3 to 5 events | Most Recent | 6% | 14% | 18% | 14% | 20% | 16% | 22% | 16% | 16% | 10% | 8% | 14% |
| Previous | 11% | 14% | 21% | 11% | 20% | 14% | 20% | 19% | 15% | 9% | 9% | 14% | |
| Change | -5% | 0% | -3% | 3% | 0% | 2% | 2% | -3% | 1% | 1% | -1% | 0% | |
| 6 to 10 events | Most Recent | 3% | 5% | 7% | 5% | 7% | 3% | 3% | 10% | 9% | 1% | 3% | 7% |
| Previous | 0% | 6% | 8% | 6% | 7% | 5% | 4% | 10% | 9% | 2% | 2% | 6% | |
| Change | 3% | -1% | -1% | -1% | 0% | -2% | -1% | 0% | 0% | -1% | 1% | 1% | |
| 11 to 20 events | Most Recent | 0% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 8% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 1% |
| Previous | 1% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 1% | 6% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | |
| Change | -1% | -1% | -2% | 1% | -1% | -1% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 0% | -1% | -1% | |
| 21 event reports or more | Most Recent | 0% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 11% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% |
| Previous | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 9% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% | |
| Change | -1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | -1% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 0% | -1% | |
Note: Average percent totals in the table may not sum to exactly 100% due to rounding of decimals.
Page last reviewed April 2009
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