Excess cost and length of stay associated with voluntary patient safety event reports in hospitals

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-60

  Paradis, Andrew R ^a,b   Stewart, Valerie T ^a   Bayley, K Bruce ^a   Brown, Allen ^a   Bennett, Andrew J ^a  

^a Center for Outcomes Research and Education   (United States)

^b Ingenix Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost; Length of stay; Patient safety; Voluntary reporting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICATION ERROR; METHODOLOGY; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICATION ERRORS; OREGON; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 58149527909     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860608327610     Document Type: Article

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