Direct medical costs of adverse events in Dutch hospitals

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Hoonhout, Lilian H F ^a   De Bruijne, Martine C ^a   Wagner, Cordula ^a,b   Zegers, Marieke ^b   Waaijman, Roelof ^a   Spreeuwenberg, Peter ^b   Asscheman, Henk ^c   Van Der Wal, Gerrit ^a   Van Tulder, Maurits W ^a,d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c HAJAP   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL ERROR; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NETHERLANDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60849118665     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-9-27     Document Type: Article

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