AHRQ Measures Used for the 2008 Annual BCBSIL Hospital Profile
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Detailed Evidence for Patient Safety Indicators Decubitus Ulcer........................................................................................2 Failure to Rescue.....................................................................................5 Selected Infections Due to Medical Care.......................................................7 Postoperative Respiratory Failure..............................................................10 Postoperative Pulmonary Embolism or Deep Vein Thrombosis........................12 Postoperative Sepsis..............................................................................14 Accidental Puncture or Laceration..............................................................16 Obstetric Trauma? Vaginal Delivery with Instrument......................................19 Obstetric Trauma? Vaginal Delivery without Instrument..................................21 Obsteric Trauma? Cesarean Delivery.........................................................23
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