Characteristics of patient incident reports (PIRs)
| Type of incident | Those with tort claim | Those without tort claim | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Major severity (%) | Deaths (%) | N | Major severity (%) | Deaths (%) | |
| Injuries not otherwise listed | 92 | 93.5 | 5.4 | 3547 | 77.5 | 3.3 |
| Deaths | 87 | 0 | 96.6 (3.4% missing) | 3715 | 0 | 86.8 (13.2% missing) |
| Falls | 69 | 92.8 | 5.8 | 8622 | 68.3 | 2.2 |
| Suicides | 33 | 0 | 97 (3% missing) | 1669 | 0 | 84.2 (15.8% missing) |
| Medication errors | 33 | 72.7 | 21.2 | 1605 | 48.7 | 3.2 |
| Patient abuse | 23 | 13.04 | 0 | 4560 | 2 | 0.07 |
| Missing patients | 7 | 0 | 85.7 | 491 | 20.4 | 4.9 |
| Suicide attempts | 5 | 60 | 0 | 5736 | 31.5 | 0.02 |
| Other | 19 | 63.2 | 15.8 | 1894 | 19.1 | 3.9 |
| Total | 368 | 52.8 | 38.3 | 31839 | 37.0 | 16.0 |