Comparison of three methods for estimating rates of adverse events and rates of preventable adverse events in acute care hospitals

British Medical Journal

Volumn 328, Issue 7433, 2004, Pages 199-202

  Michel, Philippe ^a   Quenon, Jean Luc ^a   De Sarasqueta, Anne Marie ^a   Scemama, Olivier ^a  

^a Ctr Geriatrie Ctr Hosp Univ B   (France)

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Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRANCE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNITY WARD; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICATION ERROR; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; SURGICAL ERROR; SURGICAL WARD;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FRANCE; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL ERRORS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0742287193     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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