Table D-4. Trending: Average Percent Distribution of Number of Events Reported in the Past 12 Months by Work Area/Unit
| # |
WorkArea/Unit |
| Anesthesiology |
Emergency |
ICU (any type) |
Lab |
Medicine |
Obstetrics |
Pediatrics |
Pharmacy |
Psych/Mental Hlth |
Radiology |
Rehabilitation |
Surgery |
| No. of Hospitals Both Years |
42 |
146 |
114 |
164 |
171 |
101 |
62 |
135 |
60 |
161 |
139 |
154 |
| No. of Most Recent Respondents |
293 |
3,442 |
4,032 |
2,926 |
7,598 |
2,600 |
1,356 |
1,705 |
1,174 |
3,275 |
2,090 |
5,282 |
| No. of Previous Respondents |
406 |
3,120 |
3,895 |
2,865 |
6,220 |
1,876 |
1,525 |
1,560 |
1,220 |
3,082 |
1,941 |
5,328
|
| Number of Events Reported by Respondents |
Anesthesiology |
Emergency |
ICU (any type) |
Lab |
Medicine |
Obstetrics |
Pediatrics |
Pharmacy |
Psych/Mental Hlth |
Radiology |
Rehabilitation |
Surgery |
| No events |
Most Recent |
57% |
45% |
36% |
45% |
37% |
48% |
41% |
38% |
47% |
55% |
54% |
48% |
| Previous |
62% |
45% |
32% |
51% |
41% |
41% |
42% |
40% |
45% |
59% |
59% |
45% |
| Change |
-5% |
0% |
4% |
-6% |
-4% |
7% |
-1% |
-2% |
2% |
-4% |
-5% |
3% |
| 1 to 2 events |
Most Recent |
34% |
32% |
38% |
30% |
33% |
31% |
34% |
18% |
26% |
32% |
34% |
30% |
| Previous |
25% |
31% |
35% |
27% |
28% |
36% |
33% |
16% |
29% |
28% |
28% |
32% |
| Change |
9% |
1% |
3% |
3% |
5% |
-5% |
1% |
2% |
-3% |
4% |
6% |
-2% |
| 3 to 5 events |
Most Recent |
6% |
14% |
18% |
14% |
20% |
16% |
22% |
16% |
16% |
10% |
8% |
14% |
| Previous |
11% |
14% |
21% |
11% |
20% |
14% |
20% |
19% |
15% |
9% |
9% |
14% |
| Change |
-5% |
0% |
-3% |
3% |
0% |
2% |
2% |
-3% |
1% |
1% |
-1% |
0% |
| 6 to 10 events |
Most Recent |
3% |
5% |
7% |
5% |
7% |
3% |
3% |
10% |
9% |
1% |
3% |
7% |
| Previous |
0% |
6% |
8% |
6% |
7% |
5% |
4% |
10% |
9% |
2% |
2% |
6% |
| Change |
3% |
-1% |
-1% |
-1% |
0% |
-2% |
-1% |
0% |
0% |
-1% |
1% |
1% |
| 11 to 20 events |
Most Recent |
0% |
2% |
1% |
3% |
2% |
2% |
1% |
8% |
2% |
1% |
0% |
1% |
| Previous |
1% |
3% |
3% |
2% |
3% |
3% |
1% |
6% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
2% |
| Change |
-1% |
-1% |
-2% |
1% |
-1% |
-1% |
0% |
2% |
1% |
0% |
-1% |
-1% |
| 21 event reports or more |
Most Recent |
0% |
2% |
1% |
3% |
1% |
0% |
1% |
11% |
1% |
1% |
0% |
0% |
| Previous |
1% |
1% |
1% |
2% |
2% |
0% |
0% |
9% |
1% |
0% |
0% |
1% |
| Change |
-1% |
1% |
0% |
1% |
-1% |
0% |
1% |
2% |
0% |
1% |
0% |
-1% |
Note: Average percent totals in the table may not sum to exactly 100% due to rounding of decimals.
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