What is the cost of the patient safety and quality problem in healthcare? A review of the research;Brister i patientsäkerhet och övrig kvalitet - Vilka är kostnaderna?

Lakartidningen

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 140-142

  Øvretveit, John ^a,b   Sachs, Magna Andreen ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Medicinska Universitetet   (Norway)

^c STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET; CALCULATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; SAFETY; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED KINGDOM;

HUMANS; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICATION ERRORS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; SWEDEN;

EID: 13544266492     PISSN: 00237205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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