Morbidity and mortality from medical errors: An increasingly serious public health problem

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue , 2002, Pages 135-150

  Phillips, David P ^a   Bredder, Charlene C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Death; Prescription medications; Trends

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

CAUSE OF DEATH; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; FATALITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LEGAL ASPECT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MORBIDITY; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036250320     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.23.100201.133505     Document Type: Review

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