Measuring errors and adverse events in health care

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-67

  Thomas, Eric J ^a,c   Petersen, Laura A ^b  

^a Dept of M at The U of T H M S ^*  (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Measurement; Medical error; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; DATA ANALYSIS; ERROR; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; RELIABILITY; RESEARCH; SAFETY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037244466     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2003.20147.x     Document Type: Article

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