Table 2

Extent of agreement of hospital risk-adjusted PSI rates based on 'standard' versus 'modified' PSI algorithm.

Patient Safety Indicators
Intraclass Correlation Coefficient

Decubitus Ulcer
0.666
Failure to Rescue
0.791
Infection due to Medical Care
0.988
Postoperative Hemorrhage or Hematoma
0.935
Postoperative Physiologic & Metabolic Derangement
0.871
Postoperative Embolism or DVT
0.628
Postoperative Sepsis
0.931
Accidental Puncture or Laceration
0.954

DVT – deep venous thrombosis

Glance et al. BMC Health Services Research 2008 8:176   doi:10.1186/1472-6963-8-176