Exhibit 172 · Peer-reviewed meta-analysis
Rate of preventable mortality in hospitalized patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
our estimates equate to approximately 22,165 preventable deaths annually and up to 7150 preventable deaths among patients with greater than 3 months life expectancy.
Pooled eight studies in which physicians reviewed 12,503 consecutive or randomly selected adult hospital deaths. The pooled rate of preventable death was 3.1 percent (95% CI 2.2–4.1), corresponding to about 22,165 US deaths a year, and about 7,150 among patients expected to live more than three months. All pooled studies came from Canada and Europe. The authors note that hospital mortality rates are used for quality measures and reimbursement, and call for a direct US study of preventable hospital deaths.
- Source
- Rodwin et al., Journal of General Internal Medicine 35(7):2099–2106
- Date
- July 2020 (online 21 January 2020)
- Quoted from
- Discussion, first paragraph (J Gen Intern Med 35(7):2099-2106)
- Grade
- Peer-reviewed
- Document
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-019-05592-5
- Accessed
- 2026-11-09
- Cited by
- Findings citing this exhibit