Reporting of adverse events in hospitals in Victoria, 1994-1995

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 166, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 460-463

  O'Hara, Denise A ^a   Carson, Norman J ^a  

^a Department of Human Services ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLEEDING; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTESTINE RESECTION; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MORTALITY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK;

EID: 0030914699     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1997.tb123216.x     Document Type: Article

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