The challenge of modeling patient safety risk management in a complex health care environment

Clinical and Investigative Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 344-346

  Lee, Robert C ^a,b,c,f   Ekaette, Edidiong ^a   Cooke, David ^a,d   Kelly, Karie Lynn ^e   Dunscombe, Peter ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Calgary Health Technology Implementation Unit   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF HEALTH ECONOMICS   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e Alberta Cancer Board   (Canada)

^f FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 30344453350     PISSN: 0147958X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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