Patient complaints and malpractice risk

JAMA

Volumn 287, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 2951-2957

  Hickson, Gerald B ^a,b   Federspiel, Charles F ^b   Pichert, James W ^b   Miller, Cynthia S ^a   Gauld Jaeger, Jean ^a   Bost, Preston ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST; DOCUMENTATION; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALPRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0037067128     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.287.22.2951     Document Type: Article

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