2013 Colorado Health Facility Self-Reported Incident Data

Self-reported incidents from all licensed health facilities in Colorado for 2013, including assisted living residences, hospitals, and nursing homes. The data includes 16 columns such as Brain Injury, Abuse/Physical, Missing Resident/Person, and Deaths, culminating in a TOTAL column. It was published by data.colorado.gov and last updated on 2026-02-19.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in Abuse/Physical and Abuse/Verbal incidents by facility type using the Month column.
• Compare the frequency of Neglect reports against Deaths and other serious outcomes like Spine Cord Injury.
• Identify correlations between different incident types, such as Diverted Drugs and misappropriation of property.
• Assess the distribution of reported Equipment Malfunction and Anesthesia Complications across the reporting period.

Strengths

• Covers a wide range of facility types, including 10 categories from hospitals to home health agencies.
• Includes 16 specific incident categories, allowing for granular analysis of patient safety events.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

data.colorado.gov

Collection Method

Self-reported by all licensed health facilities.

Time Range

2013

Freshness

Last updated 2026-02-19 01:13:53; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colorado, USA