Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2005 Sep 24;149(39):2153-6.

[Patient safety in hospitals].

[Article in Dutch]

Cuperus-Bosma JM, Wagner C, van der Wal G.

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VU Medisch Centrum, afd Sociale Geneeskunde en Instituut voor Extramuraal Geneeskundig Onderzoek, Amsterdam.

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In various studies outside the Netherlands, it has been shown that a substantial number of patients suffer some kind of damage during their treatment in a hospital. The incidence of these so-called adverse events varies between 2.9% and 16.6%; of these, estimates between more than a quarter and up to half are considered to have been avoidable. Preventable adverse events can offer a starting point for interventions to increase patient safety. Therefore, a study has been initiated in Dutch hospitals investigating the nature and extent of adverse events and their causes. Important goals of the study are to reach a consensus on basic concepts and to improve the research methodology.

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