From: Medical errors in primary care clinics – a cross sectional study
N | Error rate | Inconclusive rate | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | 95% CI (%) | % | 95% CI (%) | ||
Overall documentation errors | 1753 | 98.0 | 97.0 – 99.1 | - | - |
No/Inadequate History | 1753 | 46.5 | 29.7 – 63.2 | - | - |
No/Inadequate Physical examination | 1753 | 51.2 | 36.3 – 66.1 | - | - |
No/Inadequate Diagnosis | 1753 | 42.5 | 24.7 – 60.2 | - | - |
Overall management errors | 1753 | 53.2 | 46.3 – 60.2 | 13.9 | 9.0 – 18.8 |
Medication errors | 1753 | 41.1 | 35.8 – 46.4 | 27.9 | 20.3 – 35.4 |
Wrong dosage/frequency prescribed | 48.5 | 41.5 – 55.6 | |||
Inappropriate medication prescribed | 47.2 | 39.0 – 55.4 | |||
Drug interaction/adverse reactions | 9.8 | 5.1 – 14.4 | |||
Investigation errors | 1753 | 21.7 | 16.5 – 26.8 | 22.3 | 14.8 – 29.7 |
No investigation done | 72.6 | 68.1 – 77.1 | |||
Unnecessary investigation done | 8.6 | 4.7 – 12.6 | |||
Decision making errors | 1753 | 14.5 | 10.8 – 18.2 | 40.2 | 30.4 – 49.9 |
Inappropriate follow up | 48.4 | 37.7 – 59.1 | |||
Inappropriate care plan | 8.1 | 4.0 - 12.2 | |||
Referral not made when it should | 6.3 | 3.1 – 9.4 | |||
Referral for admission not done | 3.6 | 0 - 7.7 | |||
Diagnostic errors | 1753 | 3.6 | 2.2 – 5.0 | 61.9 | 53.2 – 70.6 |