Quality improvement in healthcare in New Zealand. Part 2: Are our patients safe - And what are we doing about it?

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 1238, 2006, Pages

  Merry, Alan F ^a   Seddon, Mary Z ^a   Buchanan, John ^a   Jackson, Rod ^a   Pelkowitz, Allan ^a   Perkins, Rod ^a   Robb, Gillian ^a   Sadler, Lynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ERROR; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT SAFETY; RANDOMIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; SAFETY; STATISTICS;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MEDICAL ERRORS; NEW ZEALAND; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33746660659     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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