Injury and death associated with incidents reported to the Patient Safety Net

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 520-524

  Reid, Mark ^a   Estacio, Raymond ^a   Albert, Rick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Error reporting; Medical errors; Patient safety; Patient Safety Net

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICATION ERROR; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

COLORADO; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICATION ERRORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 70449441264     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860609345788     Document Type: Article

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