From: Patient safety in marginalised groups: a narrative scoping review
Marginalised Group | Frequency (%) |
Ethnic minoritiesa | 17 (25) |
Frail elderly | 10 (15) |
Care home residents | 12 (18) |
Low socio-economic status | 7 (10) |
Psychiatric patients | 5 (7) |
Migrants | 4 (6) |
Vulnerable patients | 3 (4) |
Visually Impaired | 2 (3) |
Intellectually Disabled | 2 (3) |
Carers | 1(2) |
Homeless | 1 (2) |
Deaf/Hard of Hearing | 2 (3) |
Communication Impaired | 1 (2) |
Patient Safety Issueb | Frequency (%) |
Medication safety issues | 18 (26) |
Adverse outcomes | 15 (24) |
Near Miss | 7 (10) |
Language/communication issues | 6 (9) |
Access to care | 5 (7) |
Patient safety Incidents/Indicators | 4 (6) |
Mortality (including Suicide & avoidable death) | 6 (9) |
Discharge Safety | 2 (3) |
Medical Error | 1 (2) |
Culturally unsafe healthcare | 1 (2) |
diagnostic delay | 1 (2) |
Inpatient safety | 1 (2) |