Adverse-event-reporting practices by US hospitals: Results of a national survey

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 416-423

  Farley, D O ^a   Haviland, A ^a   Champagne, S ^b   Jain, A K ^a   Battles, J B ^c   Munier, W B ^c   Loeb, J M ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Joint Commission   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS; MEDICAL ERRORS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 61449183647     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: 14753901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2007.024638     Document Type: Article

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