The threats to Australian Patient Safety (TAPS) study: Incidence of reported errors in general practice

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 95-98

  Makeham, Meredith A B ^a   Kidd, Michael R ^a   Saltman, Deborah C ^a   Mira, Michael ^a   Bridges Webb, Charles ^b   Cooper, Chris ^a   Stromer, Simone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL AUSTRALIAN COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNET; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICARE; PATIENT SAFETY; POPULATION SIZE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THREAT; URBAN AREA;

EID: 33746689715     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00482.x     Document Type: Article

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