Public health errors: Costing lives, millions at a time

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 211-215

  Holtgrave, David R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

CAUSE OF DEATH; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 77951003249     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e3181bee698     Document Type: Note

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