Adverse events in health care: Issues in measurement

Quality in Health Care

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-52

  Walshe, Kieran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH; REVIEW;

IATROGENIC DISEASE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL RECORDS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH;

EID: 0034013994     PISSN: 09638172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qhc.9.1.47     Document Type: Review

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