Severity and Preventability

Evidence quality

Highlighted claims

• No adverse events reached the highest severity categories. — Characterising adverse events in postdischarge high-risk patients with 6-month follow-up in a Korean tertiary hospital: a retrospective cohort study
• Most adverse events were mild temporary harms requiring intervention but not hospitalization. — Characterising adverse events in postdischarge high-risk patients with 6-month follow-up in a Korean tertiary hospital: a retrospective cohort study
• Nearly all adverse events were rated below the study's preventability threshold. — Characterising adverse events in postdischarge high-risk patients with 6-month follow-up in a Korean tertiary hospital: a retrospective cohort study
• Only one adverse event was classified as preventable. — Characterising adverse events in postdischarge high-risk patients with 6-month follow-up in a Korean tertiary hospital: a retrospective cohort study
• The low preventability rate may partly reflect reliance on medical records and the post-discharge focus. — Characterising adverse events in postdischarge high-risk patients with 6-month follow-up in a Korean tertiary hospital: a retrospective cohort study