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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/root-cause-analysis-adverse-events-involving-opioid-overdoses-veterans-health-administration
November 17, 2021 - March 25, 2020
Retrospective analysis of reported suicide deaths and attempts on Veterans … September 23, 2020
Hemodialysis bleeding events and deaths: an 18-year retrospective … Associations between stopping prescriptions for opioids, length of opioid treatment, and overdose or suicide deaths
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-provider-specialty-abortion-related-morbidity-and-adverse-events-among-patients
December 16, 2020 - November 17, 2021
Hospitalizations and deaths related to adverse drug events worldwide … May 25, 2022
Drug-related deaths among inpatients: a meta-analysis. … August 10, 2022
Preventing pregnancy-related mental health deaths: insights from 14 US
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/state-policies-prescription-drug-monitoring-programs-and-adverse-opioid-related-hospital
August 11, 2021 - March 10, 2021
Hospitalizations and deaths related to adverse drug events worldwide: … June 26, 2019
Deaths among opioid users: impact of potential inappropriate prescribing … March 6, 2019
Prevention of prescription opioid misuse and projected overdose deaths
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/high-nursing-staff-turnover-nursing-homes-offers-important-quality-information
September 16, 2020 - September 16, 2020
Preventing pregnancy-related mental health deaths: insights from 14 … The quality 'journey' at Ascension Health: how we've prevented at least 1,500 avoidable deaths … Nursing home workers warned government about safety violations before COVID-19 outbreaks and deaths
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integrationacademy.ahrq.gov/news-and-events/news/opioid-epidemic-and-covid-19-pandemic-deepening-disparities
December 23, 2020 - of exposure to COVID-19 and contributed to higher numbers of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths … Prepandemic AHRQ data show that overdose deaths involving synthetic opioids were contributing heavily … to the opioid epidemic (pp. 178-180), and the rates of those overdose deaths were increasing fastest
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/learning-every-death
June 28, 2011 - September 12, 2016
Deaths due to medical error: jumbo jets or just small propeller planes
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/factsandfigures/figures/2006/2006_1_6a.jsp
January 01, 2006 - 74%
Long-term Care and Other Facilities
12%
Home Health Care
9%
In-hospital Deaths … All Discharges
14%
Routine
9%
Another Short-term Hospital
0%
In-hospital Deaths
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb21.jsp
December 21, 2006 - In 2004, the total number of in-hospital deaths among adults with SCD was 699, and among children 47. … In 1998, in-hospital deaths among adults spiked to 758 from 516 in 1997. … The number of in-hospital deaths, as well as death rate, was stable from 1994 to 1997. … hospitalizations with SCD, to a peak of 758 deaths. … From 1998 through 2004, the in-hospital deaths and death rate remained stable for adults.
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/raceethnicitytoolkit/or33.jsp
August 01, 2014 - rose in mid-1980s
AI/AN life span 6 years below U.S. average
Large racial disparities in injury deaths … by 12%
Before linkage
After linkage
AI/AN Deaths
10,870
12,212
White Deaths … Slide 14
Motor vehicle crashes and poisoning cause majority of injury deaths
Bar chart. … Percentage of unintentional injury deaths by leading cause for Washington for 1990 to 2009. … Slide 20
Drowning deaths decreased for both races, not significantly for AI/AN
Line chart.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37242/psn-pdf
September 12, 2016 - The authors conclude that the original definition, which uses all
deaths rather than specific complications … or deaths, provides the best reliability and validity.
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/factsandfigures/2007/pdfs/section1_4.pdf
January 01, 2007 - 74%
12%
9%
2%
2%
1%
Routine
Long-term Care and Other
Facilities
Home Health Care
In-hospital Deaths … Long-term Care and Other Facilities
All Discharges
Routine
Another Short-term Hospital
In-hospital Deaths … The number of in-hospital deaths decreased by 10 percent (down 86,000 discharges).
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/comprehensive-overview-medical-error-hospitals-using-incident-reporting-systems-patient
October 16, 2013 - error in hospitals using incident-reporting systems, patient complaints and chart review of inpatient deaths … error in hospitals using incident-reporting systems, patient complaints and chart review of inpatient deaths … error in hospitals using incident-reporting systems, patient complaints and chart review of inpatient deaths
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospital-staff-should-use-more-one-method-detect-adverse-events-and-potential-adverse-events
November 12, 2014 - Citation
Related Resources From the Same Author(s)
Learning from preventable deaths … November 12, 2014
Relationship between preventable hospital deaths and other measures … April 22, 2009
Preventable deaths due to problems in care in English acute hospitals: … View More
Related Resources
Contributory factors and patient harm including deaths
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-maternal-death
April 26, 2023 - Sentinel Event Alerts
Preventing maternal death.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37598/psn-pdf
March 12, 2008 - /patient-safety-trauma-maximal-impact-management-errors-level-i-trauma-
center
In this study, all deaths … occurring on a trauma service were reviewed in order to determine the number of
preventable deaths
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integrationacademy.ahrq.gov/news-and-events
June 24, 2025 - Resources Announced
While there have been modest decreases recently, overdose deaths … Overdose Deaths Drop Significantly
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … their Provisional Drug Overdose Death Counts to include new data, which show a 10.6% drop in overdose deaths
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/nonfatal-opioid-overdoses-urban-emergency-department-during-covid-19-pandemic
March 24, 2021 - Related Resources From the Same Author(s)
Changes in error patterns in unanticipated trauma deaths … during 20 years: in pursuit of zero preventable deaths. … February 18, 2011
Zero preventable deaths after traumatic injury: an achievable goal.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/6dqHx6xQGq9GUv92rZUf2q
August 01, 2022 - CVD is the leading cause of mortality in the US, accounting for more than 1 in 4 deaths. … In 2019, there were an
estimated 558,000 deaths caused by coronary heart disease and 109,000 deaths
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/teeHcmNgvNBSj4-E9SN5QK
February 01, 2005 - family history are the most
significant AAA risk factors.1 Aortic aneurysms
account for about 15 000 deaths … of these, 9000 are AAA-related
and the remainder are due to thoracic aortic
aneurysms.6,7 Most AAA deaths … We apportioned the expected number of AAA-related deaths without screening in ever smokers and never … AAA-attributable deaths, % 89 11 -
Table 2. … Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death
rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age
groups
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/maternal-safety
January 01, 2015 - Control and Prevention report that the US pregnancy-related mortality ratio has increased from 7.2 deaths … per 100,000 live births in 1987 to 18.0 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2014. … In a study of pregnancy-related deaths from 2011–2013 in the US, approximately 30% of these deaths … maternal and pregnancy-related mortality, careful analysis consistently demonstrates that at least 50% of deaths … per 100,000 births vs. 12.4 deaths per 100,000).