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The Relationship Between Race And Ethnicity And Serious Safety Events In Hospitalized Patients, Samantha Crandall

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Purpose. This study explored the association between patient sociodemographic characteristics and the occurrence of serious safety events (SSE) in hospitalized patients. Specific aims were to describe among patients who have experienced an SSE: 1) patient sociodemographic variables (age, gender, race, ethnicity and language spoken), health insurance coverage, patient zip code, payer mix, site of care location, and severity of event; 2) the relationships between the select patient sociodemographic variables, health insurance coverage, patient zip code, payer mix, site of care location and SSE level of harm; and 3) what factors increase or decrease the odds of experiencing higher levels of …