The impact of medical errors on ninety-day costs and outcomes: An examination of surgical patients

Health Services Research

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2067-2085

  Encinosa, William E ^a   Hellinger, Fred J ^a  

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

Author keywords

Expenditures; Medical errors; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL FEE; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; SURGICAL PATIENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55949091190     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2008.00882.x     Document Type: Article

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