How useful are voluntary medication error reports? The case of warfarin-related medication errors

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 36-45

  Zhan, Chunliu ^a   Smith, Scott R ^b   Keyes, Margaret A ^b   Hicks, Rodney W ^c,d   Cousins, Diane D ^e   Clancy, Carolyn M ^f  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^b Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research

^c UNITED STATES PHARMACOPEIA   (United States)

^d TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^e United States Pharmacopeia

^f AHRQ

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; METHODOLOGY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY PROGRAM;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS; WARFARIN;

EID: 38549133509     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(08)34006-9     Document Type: Article

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