OECD Health Working Papers
This series is designed to make available to a wider readership health studies prepared for use within the OECD. Authorship is usually collective, but principal writers are named. The papers are generally available only in their original language - English or French - with a summary in the other.
- ISSN: 18152015 (online)
- https://doi.org/10.1787/18152015
Health Care Quality Indicators Project
Patient Safety Indicators Report 2009
This paper reports on the progress in the research and development of the set of patient safety
indicators developed by the Health Care Quality Indicators project. The indicators presented here have
been recommended by an expert group for further consideration in international reporting on the quality of
care on the key dimension of safety. The indicators have been selected by expert consensus, undergone
validity testing and have been tested for comparability. While concern remains related to differences in
coding and reporting from administrative hospital databases, the rigour with which the indicator work has
been undertaken has resulted in the improved ability of countries to report on the quality of care. The work
on the development of the patient safety indicators highlights the technical progress made in constructing
measures and the ongoing need for methodological improvements. The indicators reported here should not
be considered as making inferences on the state of patient safety in countries, but are intended to raise
questions towards improving understanding of the reported differences.
JEL:
I19: Health, Education, and Welfare / Health / Health: Other
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