Patient safety events reported in general practice: A taxonomy

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-57

  Makeham, M A B ^a,b   Stromer, S ^a   Bridges Webb, C ^a   Mira, M ^a   Saltman, D C ^a   Cooper, C ^a   Kidd, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Division of General Practice   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT SAFETY; TAXONOMY;

CLASSIFICATION; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; NEW SOUTH WALES; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 39349116084     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2007.022491     Document Type: Article

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