Relationship between tort claims and patient incident reports in the Veterans Health Administration

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 117-122

  Schmidek, J M ^a,b,c   Weeks, W B ^a,b,c,d  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Dartmouth Medical School ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROL SYSTEM; DATA ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL SECURITY;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MANDATORY REPORTING; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 17144399539     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2004.010835     Document Type: Article

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