Patient safety features are more present in larger primary care practices

Health Policy

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 87-91

  Gaal, Sander ^a   van den Hombergh, Pieter ^a   Verstappen, Wim ^a   Wensing, Michel ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Patient safety; Primary Health care

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ARTICLE; DRUG SAFETY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INCIDENT REPORT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; EUROPE; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAFETY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

EUROPE; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77955089266     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.03.007     Document Type: Article

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