Table 3.
Adverse events (AEs) detected in patients receiving home healthcare classified by origin (n=600)
| Home healthcare | Care outside home healthcare | Total | |
| Number of AEs | 271 | 85 | 356 |
| Number of patients affected by AEs (%; 95% CI) | 182 (30.3; 26.2 to 35.0) | 67 (11.2; 8.7 to 14.1) | 226 (37.7; 33.0 to 42.8) |
| Median number of AEs per affected patient (range) | 1 (1–5) | 1 (1–4) | 1 (1–7) |
| Number of preventable AEs | 194 | 61 | 255 |
| Number of patients affected by preventable AEs (%; 95% CI) | 137 (22.8; 19.2 to 26.9) | 50 (8.3; 6.3 to 10.9) | 174 (29.0; 24.9 to 33.6) |
| Median number of preventable AEs per affected patient (range) | 1 (1–4) | 1 (1–4) | 1 (1–5) |
| Number of patients with >1 AE (%; 95% CI) | 62 (10.3; 8.0 to 13.2) | 12 (2.0; 1.1 to 3.4) | 83 (13.8; 11.1 to 17.1) |
| Number of patients with >1 preventable AE (%; 95% CI) | 39 (6.5; 4.7 to 8.8) | 8 (1.3; 0.6 to 2.5) | 54 (9.0; 6.8 to 11.6) |
| Number of AEs per 100 patients | 45.2 | 14.2 | 59.3 |
| Number of preventable AEs per 100 patients | 32.3 | 10.2 | 42.5 |
| Number of AEs per 1000 patient days | 6.7 | 2.1 | 8.7 |
| Number of preventable AEs per 1000 patient days | 4.8 | 1.5 | 6.3 |