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Table 4 Type and frequency of marginalised groups and patient safety issues identified in included studies

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)

  1. aIncludes aboriginal/indigenous populations
  2. b The denominator is 68 here as one study had two different outcomes (mortality and adverse outcomes)