Using these parameters, we calculated a potential 750 ICU lives saved per year in the state of Wisconsin of which 512 would be in urban Wisconsin hospitals. The estimated number of lives saved per year in Wisconsin ICUs seems to be a bit small, considering that the corresponding number for the U.S. was reportedly 54,000. 1999 inpatient Public use files. 1 BHI 1999 annual survey of hospitals. A baseline medication error rate of 7.6 per 1000 patient says is assumed, across all hospitals, all claim payer types and all diagnosis and procedures.
Baseline mortality is derived empirically.