Self-reported adverse events in health care that cause harm: A population-based survey

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 190, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 484-488

  Adams, Robert J ^a   Tucker, Graeme ^b   Price, Kay ^c   Hill, Catherine L ^a   Appleton, Sarah L ^a   Wilson, David H ^a   Taylor, Anne W ^b   Ruffin, Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; MORBIDITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; THERAPEUTIC ERROR; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ERROR; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 67649233983     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02523.x     Document Type: Article

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