Table 3 Outcome elements of the county councils’ patient safety work

Health care-associated infection (HAI)

19

Compliance with basic hygiene and dressing rules (included in national financial incentive plan)

19

Pressure ulcers (included in national financial incentive plan)

18

Incidents in reporting systems

18

Lex Maria^a

18

Complaints to the Patients’ Advisory Committee^b

17

Antibiotic prescriptions (included in the national financial incentive plan)

16

Risk analyses

16

Complaints to the Health and Social Care Inspectorate^c

16

Retrospective medical record reviews

14

Patient overcrowding (included in national financial incentive plan)

13

Root cause analyses

11

Complaints to the national Patient Injury Insurance agency

11

Fall injuries

8

Patient risk assessments reported in Senior Alert

8

Patient safety culture (included in national financial incentive plan)

7

Malnutrition

6

Medication reviews^d (included in national financial incentive plan)

6

Medication reports^d

6

National Patient Questionnaire

5

Avoidable inpatient/hospital care

2

Availability of health care

1

Suicide assessments

1