American vs. European Trauma Centers: A Comparison of Preventable Deaths

Conclusions The use of a common language of errors among centers is key in establishing benchmarking standards. Comparing the quality of care of an American trauma center and a Spanish referral center, we have detected remarkably similar avoidable errors. More diagnostic and ‘ruled-based’ errors have been found in the Spanish center.
Source: Cirugia Espanola - Category: Surgery Source Type: research