Slide Presentation from the AHRQ 2007 Annual Conference

Event Categories—Preventable

• Neuropsychiatric 29%
• Hemorrhagic 16%
• Gastrointestinal 16%
• Renal/electrolytes 12%
• Fall with injury 5%
• Cardiovascular 4%
• Fall without injury 3%
• EPS 2%
• Syncope/dizziness 2%

Notes:

Examples:

Comparing non-preventable to preventable events
similar proportion of each included neuropsychiatric problems dermatologic and infectious symptoms primarily in the non-preventable events:
falls and hemorrhages more substantial proportion of the preventable events