Multiple Patient-Safety Events Affect 1 in 1000 Hospitalizations

Patients who experienced multiple patient-safety events—co-occurring iatrogenic events during a single stay in a U.S. hospital in 2004.6 This represents 1 out of every 1,000 hospitalizations. These patients experienced four times greater average lengths of stay and eight times greater average charges per admission.

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