A comparison of hospital adverse events identified by three widely used detection methods

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 301-307

  Naessens, James M ^a   Campbell, Claudia R ^b   Huddleston, Jeanne M ^c   Berg, Bjorn P ^d   Lefante, John J ^b   Williams, Arthur R ^e   Culbertson, Richard A ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Division of General Internal Medicine   (United States)

^d North Carolina State University   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Patient safety; Quality measurement; Reported events

Indexed keywords

AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY DEFINED PATIENT SAFETY INDICATOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT GLOBAL TRIGGER TOOL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVIDER REPORTED EVENT; SKIN DISEASE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOCUMENTATION; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL ERRORS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY;

EID: 67949100638     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzp027     Document Type: Article

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