The impact of introducing Medical Emergency Team on the reduction of hospital mortality and other adverse events in NSW

大量患者遭受不良事件或不必要地在医院死亡。在一套预先指定的标准的召唤下，医疗急救队(MET)对普通病房的患者做出快速反应，以防止病情进一步恶化。以前的研究已经显示了它在减少心脏骤停方面的影响，但关于减少医院死亡的高水平证据有限。目前的研究使用相关联的行政数据库和完善的指标来评估在新南威尔士州引入MET的影响。

High numbers of patients suffer an adverse event or die in hospitals needlessly. Summoned by a set of pre-specified criteria, a Medical Emergency Team (MET) rapidly respond to patients on general wards to prevent further deterioration. Previous studies have shown its impact on reducing cardiac arrests but limited high level evidence on reducing hospital deaths. Current study uses linked administrative databases and well-established indicators to assess the impact of introduction of a MET in NSW.