1. THE COMMONWEALTH FUND Source: McCarthy and Leatherman, Performance Snapshots, 2006. www.cmwf.org/snapshots Adverse Events and Complications of Care per 1,000 At-Risk Hospital Patients Discharged, Selected Indicators, Trend 2000–2003 Data: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Nationwide Inpatient Sample (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2006). Rates were risk-adjusted. *Primarily related to intravenous lines and catheters.

2. THE COMMONWEALTH FUND Source: McCarthy and Leatherman, Performance Snapshots, 2006. www.cmwf.org/snapshots Postoperative Complications of Care per 1,000 At-Risk Hospital Surgical Patients Discharged, Selected Indicators, Trend 2000–2003 Data: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Nationwide Inpatient Sample (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2006). Rates were risk-adjusted.

3. THE COMMONWEALTH FUND Source: McCarthy and Leatherman, Performance Snapshots, 2006. www.cmwf.org/snapshots Adverse Events and Complications of Care per 1,000 At-Risk Hospital Patients Discharged, Selected Indicators by Age Group, 2003 Data: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Nationwide Inpatient Sample (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2006). Rates were risk-adjusted. *Primarily related to intravenous lines and catheters.

4. THE COMMONWEALTH FUND Source: McCarthy and Leatherman, Performance Snapshots, 2006. www.cmwf.org/snapshots Postoperative Complications of Care per 1,000 At-Risk Hospital Surgical Patients Discharged, Selected Indicators by Age Group, 2003 Data: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Nationwide Inpatient Sample (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2006). Rates were risk-adjusted. NA = data not available (did not meet criteria for statistical reliability, quality, or confidentiality). NA