Table 2.
Disability and death due to preventable adverse events among patients discharged from hospitals in Utah and Colorado in 1992 by age group*
| Patients aged 16-64 years
|
Patients aged ⩾65 years
|
P value for difference in percentages | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No of events | Percentage (SE) of events | No of events | Percentage (SE) of events | |||
| Temporary disability | 4511 | 89.55 (2.67) | 3344 | 80.89 (3.72) | 0.053 | |
| Permanent disability | 292 | 5.80 (2.11) | 358 | 8.66 (2.75) | 0.383 | |
| Death | 234 | 4.65 (1.94) | 432 | 10.44 (2.96) | 0.08 | |
| All preventable adverse events | 5037 | 100 | 4134 | 100 | ||
*
Results from random sample of 15 000 patient records extrapolated to represent all hospital discharges in Utah and Colorado in 1992.