TableĀ 2

Adverse event frequency, by hospital type

Hospital type
VariableSmallLargeAll
Number of admissions sampled7927821574
Number of admissions associated with an adverse event108103211
Crude adverse event prevalence (95% CI)13.6% (11.4% to 16.2%)13.2% (11.0% to 15.7%)13.4% (11.8% to 15.2%)
Weighted adverse event prevalence (95% CI)*12.4% (7.7% to 17.1%)12.1% (8.5% to 15.7%)12.2% (9.5% to 15.5%)
Number of adverse events123124247
Number of incident adverse events (ie, excluding events occurring prior to the index admission)8998187
Crude incidence of adverse events per 100 admissions (95% CI)11.2 (9.0 to 13.8)12.5 (10.2 to 15.3)11.9 (10.2 to 13.7)
Weighted incidence of adverse events per 100 admissions (95% CI)*9.5 (7.0 to 11.9)10.8 (6.0 to 15.6)10.3 (7.5 to 13.1)
Weighted percentage of adverse events that were preventable (95% CI)*80.1% (68.7% to 91.5%)68.1% (52.4% to 83.9%)72.7% (58.8% to 83.3%)
  • *Point estimates and CIs were weighted to account for the sampling frame.