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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/qdr-infographic-opioids.pdf
January 01, 2013 - Dramatic Rise in Opioid-Related Deaths, Especially Among Blacks
Dramatic Rise in Opioid-Related Deaths … Non-Hispanic Whites
9-fold increase
in mortality
Hispanics
12-fold increase
in mortality
0.5 to 9
deaths … per 100,000
population
0.3 to 3.7
deaths
per 100,000
population
1.3 to 11.9
deaths
per 100,000 … population
Drug overdose deaths involving synthetic opioids other than
methadone per 100,000 population
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www.ahrq.gov/news/hcup-covid-initial-hospitalizations.html
November 01, 2019 - New Data Briefs Measure Hospitalizations and In-Hospital Deaths in Early Months of COVID-19 … The analyses, based on data from 13 states, compare hospitalizations and in-hospital deaths in April … About 27 percent of in-hospital deaths were related to COVID-19 during the pandemic's initial months. … The number of all-cause in-hospital deaths increased 30 percent in this period compared with earlier … Fifty-seven percent of deaths for Hispanic patients and 37 percent of deaths for non-Hispanic Black patients
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/nhs-learning-deaths-reports-qualitative-and-quantitative-document-analysis-first-year
February 22, 2023 - Study
NHS ‘Learning from Deaths’ reports: a qualitative and quantitative document … NHS ‘Learning from Deaths’ reports: a qualitative and quantitative document analysis of the first year … using the ‘Learning from Deaths’ program. … NHS ‘Learning from Deaths’ reports: a qualitative and quantitative document analysis of the first year … The quality of 'Learning from Deaths' reporting in quality accounts within the NHS in England 2017-2020
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www.ahrq.gov/news/hospital-deaths.html
July 01, 2023 - Hospital Deaths for Heart Conditions Increased While Hospitalizations Decreased During the First Year … AHRQ shows that hospital admissions for heart failure decreased by 15 percent from 2019 to 2020, while deaths
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/death-handwriting
October 19, 2022 - Newspaper/Magazine Article
Death by handwriting.
Citation Text:
Glabman M. Death by handwriting. Trustee : the journal for hospital governing boards. 2005;58(9):29-32.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/dataspotlight-opioid.pdf
February 20, 2020 - Blacks Experiencing Fast-Rising Rates of Overdose Deaths Involving Synthetic Opioids Other Than Methadone … 1
Blacks Experiencing
Fast-Rising Rates of
Overdose Deaths
Involving Synthetic … The measure of drug overdose deaths involving synthetic opioids other than methadone describes
individuals … Recent data have shown that fentanyl-related overdose deaths are heavily contributing
to the opioid … Drug overdose deaths involving fentanyl, 2011-2016. Natl Vital Stat Rep 2019;68(3).
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/anybody-learning-deaths-sequential-content-and-reflexive-thematic-analysis-national-statutory
March 01, 2023 - Study
Is anybody 'Learning' from deaths? … Is anybody ‘Learning’ from deaths? … In 2017, England’s National Health Service (NHS) implemented the Learning from Deaths program which … Is anybody ‘Learning’ from deaths? … The quality of 'Learning from Deaths' reporting in quality accounts within the NHS in England 2017-2020
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/increases-drug-and-opioid-overdose-deaths-united-states-2000-2015
January 23, 2019 - Study
Classic
Increases in drug and opioid overdose deaths—United … Increases in Drug and Opioid-Involved Overdose Deaths - United States, 2010-2015. … Opioid overdose deaths are increasing each year, through 2015, and current rates are the highest ever … The types of opioids most commonly involved in overdose deaths are natural and semisynthetic opioids, … Increases in Drug and Opioid-Involved Overdose Deaths - United States, 2010-2015.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patterns-unexpected-hospital-deaths-root-cause-analysis
March 13, 2019 - Review
Patterns of unexpected in-hospital deaths: a root cause analysis. … Patterns of unexpected in-hospital deaths: a root cause analysis. … Patterns of unexpected in-hospital deaths: a root cause analysis.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/understanding-factors-influencing-implementation-new-national-patient-safety-policy-england
August 18, 2021 - influencing implementation of a new national patient safety policy in England: lessons from 'Learning from Deaths … In 2017, the National Health Service (NHS) implemented “ Learning from Deaths ” (LfD) to report, learn … from, and avoid potentially preventable deaths. … April 19, 2023
Is anybody 'Learning' from deaths? … March 6, 2019
Prevention of prescription opioid misuse and projected overdose deaths
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/maternal-mortality-1.html
September 01, 2021 - Maternal mortality continues to be a public health crisis, with 20 percent to 60 percent of deaths … maternal mortality ratio has decreased by 38 percent in the last two decades (2000-2017), from 342 deaths … to 211 deaths per 100,000 live births, 6 the United States is an exception among high-resource countries … In the United States, maternal mortality has continued to increase, from 7.2 deaths per 100,000 live … births in 1987 to 17.3 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2017, 5 with about 700 birthing people dying
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/what-can-we-learn-coroners-reports-preventable-deaths
October 28, 2020 - Commentary
What can we learn from coroners’ reports on preventable deaths? … What can we learn from coroners’ reports on preventable deaths? BMJ. 2024;386:q1943. … This article discusses an effort in the United Kingdom to learn from preventable deaths reported to … What can we learn from coroners’ reports on preventable deaths? BMJ. 2024;386:q1943.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/lost-mothers-maternal-care-and-preventable-deaths
August 10, 2016 - Special or Theme Issue
Lost Mothers: Maternal Care and Preventable Deaths. … Citation Text:
Lost Mothers: Maternal Care and Preventable Deaths. … Cite
Citation
Citation Text:
Lost Mothers: Maternal Care and Preventable Deaths … March 25, 2009
A spike in people dying at home suggests coronavirus deaths in Houston … February 14, 2018
Maternal deaths at MetroWest hospital prompt state probes.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/national-statutory-reporting-not-even-ticking-boxes-quality-learning-deaths-reporting-quality
February 22, 2023 - The quality of 'Learning from Deaths' reporting in quality accounts within the NHS in England 2017-2020 … The quality of ‘Learning from Deaths’ reporting in quality accounts within the NHS in England 2017–2020 … Three years in, the identification, reporting, and investigation of deaths has improved, but evidence … The quality of ‘Learning from Deaths’ reporting in quality accounts within the NHS in England 2017–2020 … February 22, 2023
NHS ‘Learning from Deaths’ reports: a qualitative and quantitative
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventable-deaths-due-problems-care-english-acute-hospitals-retrospective-case-record-review
July 20, 2022 - Study
Classic
Preventable deaths due to problems in care … Preventable deaths due to problems in care in English acute hospitals: a retrospective case record review … based on prior classic studies of preventable inpatient mortality and found that only 5.2% of deaths … The majority of preventable deaths occurred in patients whose life expectancy was considered to be less … November 12, 2014
Relationship between preventable hospital deaths and other measures
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/surveying-care-teams-after-hospital-deaths-identify-preventable-harm-and-opportunities
April 17, 2024 - Study
Surveying care teams after in-hospital deaths to identify preventable harm … Surveying Care Teams after in-Hospital Deaths to Identify Preventable Harm and Opportunities to Improve … The survey aimed to identify deaths that merited further investigation. … Researchers identified five deaths that would not have come to light through other hospital case review … Respondents expressed needs for both clinician support following patient deaths and greater advance
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/understanding-ultrarare-adverse-events-lessons-learned-twelve-year-review-intraoperative
March 29, 2023 - Understanding ultrarare adverse events - lessons learned from a twelve-year review of intraoperative deaths … Understanding ultrarare adverse events - lessons learned from a twelve-year review of intraoperative deaths … Intraoperative deaths are rare, catastrophic events. … This retrospective review of 154 intraoperative deaths occurring between March 2010 and August 2022 at … one academic medical center found that most deaths occurred during emergency procedures.
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb282-COVID-19-AllHospital.pdf
December 01, 2020 - and
22.6 percent in the second (April–June; 4,400 deaths) and third (July–September; 3,800 deaths) … in
in-hospital deaths (from 600 to 500 deaths). … (7,700 to 8,700 deaths). … deaths). … deaths).
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb290-COVID-19-AllHospital.pdf
December 01, 2020 - 21.1, and 51.2 percent in the second (April–June; 5,400 deaths), third (July–September; 4,600
deaths … increase; 7,900 to 14,500 deaths), while in-hospital deaths in Vermont decreased 11.1
percent (from … 900 to 800 deaths) (see Appendix). … to 47,600 deaths). … deaths).
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/unexpected-death-within-72-hours-emergency-department-visit-were-those-deaths-preventable
July 08, 2020 - Study
Unexpected death within 72 hours of emergency department visit: were those deaths … Unexpected death within 72 hours of emergency department visit: were those deaths preventable? … More than half of unexpected deaths in the sample were related to a preventable medical error, suggesting … Unexpected death within 72 hours of emergency department visit: were those deaths preventable? … August 4, 2015
Classifying errors in preventable and potentially preventable trauma deaths