Trends and Factors Associated with Medication-Related Patient Safety Incidents Reported in Korean Hospitals: A Retrospective National Analysis (2020-2024).

Healthcare (Basel) · 2026 · PMC13074166 · PMID 41975929

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Regarding hospital bed capacity, using institutions with no inpatient beds as the reference category, hospitals with <200 beds (OR = 2.47, 95% CI 0.32–19.00), 200–499 beds (OR = 4.12, 95% CI 0.54–31.16), and ≥500 beds (OR = 7.04, 95% CI 0.93–53.35) showed increased odds of adverse/sentinel events; however, these associations did not reach statistical significance.

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Results : Medication-related incidents showed an increasing trend in reported cases over time (annual percent change: 15.38%; 95% CI, 6.0–25.6%).

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