Application of patient safety indicators internationally: A pilot study among seven countries

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 272-278

  Drösler, Saskia E ^a   Klazinga, Niek S ^b,c   Romano, Patrick S ^d   Tancredi, Daniel J ^d   Gogorcena Aoiz, Maria A ^e   Hewitt, Moira C ^f   Scobie, Sarah ^g   Soop, Michael ^h   Wen, Eugene ⁱ   Quan, Hude ^j   Ghali, William A ^j   Mattke, Soeren ^k   Kelley, Edward ^l  

^a NIEDERRHEIN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c OECD   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Ministry of Health   (Spain)

^f AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Australia)

^g NATIONAL PATIENT SAFETY AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^h NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

ⁱ CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH INFORMATION   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^k RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^l Patient Safety Programme   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

International classification of diseases; Patient safety; Quality indicators

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL CARE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ALGORITHMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTERNATIONALITY; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 67949083707     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzp018     Document Type: Article

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