Towards an International Classification for Patient Safety: The conceptual framework

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2-8

  Sherman, Heather ^a   Castro, Gerard ^a   Fletcher, Martin ^b   Hatlie, Martin ^c   Hibbert, Peter ^b,d   Jakob, Robert ^e   Koss, Richard ^a   Lewalle, Pierre ^e   Loeb, Jerod ^a   Perneger, Thomas ^f   Runciman, William ^g   Thomson, Richard ^h   Van Der Schaaf, Tjerk ⁱ   Virtanen, Martti ^j  

^a Joint Commission   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PATIENT SAFETY AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c Partnership for Patient Safety   (United States)

^d Australian Patient Safety Foundation   (Australia)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^h NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^j Department of Public Health and Caring Services   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

Classification; Conceptual framework; Incident; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION FOR PATIENT SAFETY; INTERNET; LAW; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CONCEPT FORMATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL ERRORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 58849118054     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzn054     Document Type: Article

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