| Title | A second look at 100 000 lives campaign. | | Author(s) | Ross TK | | Institution | Department of Health Services and Information Management, College of Allied Health Sciences, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. | | Source | Qual Manag Health Care 2009 Apr-Jun; 18(2):120-5. | | MeSH | Cross Infection
Health Policy
Hospital Mortality
Humans
Infection Control
Medical Errors
Organizational Objectives
United States
United States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
| | Abstract | The Institute for Healthcare Improvement's (IHI's) 100 000 Lives Campaign provided a valuable service by focusing attention on quality improvement in health care. The recent release of Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) statistics on 2006 hospital admissions provides an opportunity to reexamine the achievements of the 100 000 Lives Campaign. The AHRQ estimates of hospital deaths report a decrease of 23623 between 2004 and 2006, which casts considerable doubt on the IHI claim of 122300 lives saved. The article addresses the disparity in estimates of preventable deaths, recent trends in hospital mortality, ways of reconciling the AHRQ estimates with the IHI claim, and the lessons that should be learned from the campaign. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 19369855 |
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