Assuring rural hospital patient safety: What should be the priorities?

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 314-326

  Coburn, Andrew F ^a   Wakefield, Mary ^b   Casey, Michelle ^c   Moscovice, Ira ^c   Payne, Susan ^a   Loux, Stephenie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SAFETY; STANDARD;

HEALTH PRIORITIES; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 6344285327     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2004.tb00045.x     Document Type: Review

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