Accidental Hospital Deaths

Tort Reform and Accidental Deaths

Theory suggests that tort reform could have either of two impacts on accidents. First, reforms could increase accidents as tortfeasors internalize less of the costs of externalities, and thus, have less incentive to reduce the risk of accidents. Second, tort reforms could decrease accidents as lower expected liability costs result in lower prices, enabling consumers to buy more risk-reducing pr...

Coroners' records of accidental deaths.

This study set out to provide a description of the children involved in fatal accidents and to ascertain which deaths might have been prevented and by what means. The records from a convenience sample of four coroners (jurisdictions of Inner North London, Birmingham, Bedfordshire, and Ipswich) of inquests opened in 1984-8 on children aged under 15 killed in accidents were reviewed for informati...

Coroner's records of accidental deaths.

SIR,-Dr Simoes and colleagues have reported studies of variability in measurements of respiratory rate in young American children, but did not consider possible effects of body temperature on these measurements. ' Previous work suggested a weak association between body temperature and respiratory rate in young infants studied in Australia and Britain.2 Current World Health Organisation guidelin...

Accidental deaths, saved lives, and improved quality.

More than five years ago, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) issued its pathbreaking report, To Err Is Human, and fundamentally changed the debate about health care quality in the United States.1 The publication reconfigured how we think about the quality of care, attracted greater interest among payers and employers in the improvement of care and patient safety, focused attention on the need to i...

Accidental deaths at home in pediatric patients.