Estimates of ambulatory care adverse events and preventable adverse events that led to hospital admission by ambulatory care setting and level of harm
| Adverse events | Mean level of harm | Preventable adverse events | Mean level of harm | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % (95% CI) | Mean (95% CI) | n | % (95% CI) | Mean (95% CI) | |
| *Sample size not sufficient for estimation. | ||||||
| Physician office | 972 | 37.3 (46.8 to 27.8) | 3.96 (4.13 to 3.79) | 559 | 43.1 (57.7 to 28.5) | 3.08 (3.33 to 2.83) |
| Emergency department | 514 | 19.7 (27.5 to 11.9) | 3.25 (3.42 to 3.08) | 418 | 32.3 (46.1 to 18.5) | 3.20 (3.45 to 2.95) |
| Home | 611 | 23.4 (31.7 to 15.1) | 2.90 (3.06 to 2.73) | 170 | 13.1 (23.1 to 3.1) | 3.20 (3.45 to 2.95) |
| Day surgery | 248 | 9.5 (15.3 to 3.7) | 2.57 (2.74 to 2.40) | 92 | 7.1 (13.6 to 0.6) | 4.50 (4.75 to 4.25) |
| Hospital clinic | 263 | 10.1 (16.0 to 4.2) | 2.67 (2.84 to 2.50) | 57 | 4.4* | 3.00 (3.25 to 2.75) |
| Ambulatory care | 2608 | 100.0 | 3.01 (3.18 to 2.84) | 1296 | 100.0 | 3.22 (3.47 to 2.97) |