PATIENT SAFETY DISPARITIES
Across the board, hospitals have differences in their rates of adverse safety events between white, Black and Hispanic patients.
GENERAL PATIENT SAFETY EVENTS
Adjusted rates for pressure ulcers were higher for non-hispanic Black patients regardless of Leapfrog grade.
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Adjusted rates for central venous catheter-related bloodstream infections showed Hispanic patients faring better than others for all hospital grade levels.
SURGERY-RELATED PATIENT SAFETY EVENTS
Rates of post-operative sepsis were lower per 1,000 at-risk discharges for white patients than others at all grade levels.
Non-Hispanic Black patients fared worse in rates per 1,000 at-risk discharges for perioperative hemorrhage.