The three strategies with the greatest sensitivity |
EMBASE Strategy S1 (Exp Safety/ OR Safe$.ti,ab. OR Err$.ti,ab. OR Adverse.ti,ab) AND [(Exp Health Care Quality/ OR Risk assessment/) OR (exp *Safety/ AND *Medical Practice)] | 100.00% (95.00%) | 30.04% (19.52%) | 86.60% (92.13%) | 30.04% (18.54%) | 3 (5) |
EMBASE Strategy S2 (Exp Safety/ OR Safe$.ti,ab. OR Err$.ti,ab. OR Adverse.ti,ab) AND [(exp Health Care Quality/ OR ((Exp Safety/ OR Err$.ti,ab) AND . (Exp Health Care Organization/ OR Exp Health Care/ OR Medic$.ti,ab. OR Exp Health Care System/ OR Hospital$.ti,ab.)] | 98.73% (95.00%) | 30.23% (19.72%) | 86.89% (92.23%) | 29.85% (18.74%) | 3 (5) |
EMBASE Strategy S3 (exp Medical Error/ OR Patient Safety/ OR Exp Iatrogenic disease/) OR [(Exp Safety/ OR Safe$.ti,ab. OR Err$.ti,ab. OR Adverse.ti,ab.) AND[(exp Health Care Quality/) OR (exp *Safety/ AND (Exp Health Care Organization/ OR Exp Health Care/ OR Medic$.ti,ab. OR Exp Health Care System/ OR Hospital$.ti,ab.)]] | 94.94% (93.33%) | 27.68% (16.67%) | 85.72% (90.62%) | 26.27% (15.56%) | 4 (6) |
The three strategies with the greatest precision |
EMBASE Strategy P1 (Exp Safety/ OR Err$.ti,ab.) AND (patient$.ti,ab.) AND (Exp Health Care Organization/ OR Exp Health Care/ OR Medic$.ti,ab. OR Exp Health Care System/ OR Hospital$.ti,ab.) | 65.82% (53.33%) | 45.61% (45.71%) | 95.48% (98.73%) | 30.02% (24.38%) | 2 (2) |
EMBASE Strategy P2 (Exp Safety/ OR Err$.ti,ab.) AND [(*Patient Care/) OR [(patient$.ti,ab.) AND (Exp Health Care Organization/ OR Exp Health Care/ OR Medic$.ti,ab. OR Exp Health Care System/ OR Hospital$.ti,ab.)]] | 67.09% (53.33%) | 44.92% (45.71%) | 95.27% (98.73%) | 30.13% (24.38%) | 2 (2) |
EMBASE Strategy P3 (Exp Safety/ OR Err$.ti,ab.) AND [(*Patient Care/) OR [(patient$.ti,ab. OR Human/ OR Human.ti,ab.) AND (Exp Health Care Organization/ OR Health$.ti,ab.)]] | 68.35% (55%) | 43.20% (48.53%) | 94.83% (98.83%) | 29.53% (26.69%) | 2 (2) |
The three strategies with the best combination of sensitivity and precision |
EMBASE Strategy SP1 [(Exp Safety/ OR Err$.ti,ab.) AND (Health Care Quality/)] OR [(Exp Safety/ OR Safe$.ti,ab. OR Err$.ti,ab. OR Adverse.ti,ab.) AND (Exp Health Care Organization/ OR Health$.ti,ab.)] | 79.75% (81.67%) | 42.00% (40.50%) | 93.66% (97.59%) | 33.49% (33.07%) | 2 (2) |
EMBASE Strategy SP2 (Exp Safety/ OR Safe$.ti,ab. OR Err$.ti,ab. OR Adverse.ti,ab.) AND [(Health Care Quality/ OR ((Exp Safety/ OR Err$.ti,ab.) AND (Exp Health Care Organization/ OR Health$.ti,ab.)] | 81.01% (85.00%) | 40.51% (38.93%) | 93.15% (97.32%) | 32.82% (33.09%) | 2 (3) |
EMBASE Strategy SP3 (Exp Safety/ OR Safe$.ti,ab. OR Err$.ti,ab. OR Adverse.ti,ab.) AND [Health Care Quality OR (Exp Health Care Organization/ OR Health$.ti,ab.)] | 87.34% (88.33%) | 36.51% (35.10%) | 91.26% (96.72%) | 31.89% (31.00%) | 3 (3) |
Validation |
Strategy derived from Westwood et al in EMBASE | 10.13% (8.33%) | 61.54% (71.43%) | 99.64% (99.93%) | 6.23% (5.95%) | 2 (1) |