The AusPSIs: the Australian version of the Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality patient safety indicators

Australian Health Review

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 334-350

  McConchie, Steven ^a   Shepheard, Jennie ^a   Waters, Simon ^a   McMillan, Alison J ^a   Sundararajan, Vijaya ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

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EID: 66749139026     PISSN: 01565788     EISSN: 14498944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AH090334     Document Type: Article

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