10 statistics on sentinel events: Where do they happen most?

Here are 10 statistics on the setting of sentinel events from 2004 through the second quarter of 2015, reported by The Joint Commission.

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1. Hospital: 67 percent
2. Psychiatric hospital: 10 percent
3. Ambulatory care: 4 percent
4. Psych unit in general hospital: 5 percent
5. Emergency department: 6 percent
6. Behavioral health facility: 4 percent
7. Home care: 2 percent
8. Long term care facility: 1 percent
9. Other, including disease specific care, hospice, diagnostic imaging: 1 percent
10. Office-based surgery: 1 percent

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