The occurrence of potential patient safety events among trauma patients: Are they random?

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 247, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 327-334

  Chang, David C ^a,b,d   Handly, Neal ^c   Abdullah, Fizan ^a   Efron, David T ^a   Haut, Elliott R ^a   Haider, Adil H ^a   Pronovost, Peter J ^a,b   Cornwell, Edward E ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 38549152192     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31815aab0d     Document Type: Article

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