Table 3 Characteristics of patients, hospitalization and complaints associated with the perception of a medical error in a university hospital of the Public Network of Parisian Hospitals (conditional backward stepwise logistic regression model)
Perception of a medical error | Crude OR* | Adjusted OR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | Yes n/N (%) | No n/N (%) | p | (95% CI†) | (95% CI) |
Age > 39 | 39/87 (45) | 26/48 (54) | 0.299 | ||
Male gender | 36/108 (33) | 25/56 (45) | 0.155 | 0.6 (0.3 – 1.2) | - |
Departments functioning on an emergency basis ‡ | 50/108 (46) | 14/56 (25) | 0.008 | 2.6 (1.3 – 5.3) | - |
Financial compensation | 15/64 (23) | 2/26 (8) | 0.136 | ||
Second period (2001–2004) | 86/108 (80) | 31/56 (55) | 0.001 | 3.2 (1.6 – 6.4) | 2.4 (1.0 – 5.3) |
Type of issue | <0.001 | ||||
Substandard care § | 48/108 (44) | 10/56 (18) | 2.4 (1.3 – 4.5) | 2.2 (1.1 – 4.2) | |
Complication of care ¶ | 31/108 (29) | 24/56 (43) | 0.6 (0.4 – 1.1) | 0.6 (0.4 – 1.2) | |
The adverse effect of a health product | 10/108 (9) | 18/56 (32) | 0.3 (0.1 – 0.5) | 0.3 (0.2 – 0.7) | |
Non-performance of a required procedure or treatment, other | 19/108 (18) | 4/56 (7) | - | - | |
Outcomes | 0.004 | ||||
Death | 17/108 (16) | 9/56 (16) | 0.85 (0.4 – 1.7) | 0.7 (0.3 – 1.5) | |
Disability | 38/108 (35) | 7/56 (13) | 2.4 (1.2 – 4.8) | 2.4 (1.1 – 4.8) | |
Prolonged care | 21/108 (19) | 9/56 (16) | 1.0 (0.5 – 2.0) | 1.0 (0.5 – 2.1) | |
Other, unknown | 32/108 (30) | 31/56 (55) | - | - | |