Impact of sample size on variation of adverse events and preventable adverse events: Systematic review on epidemiology and contributing factors

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Lessing, Constanze ^a   Schmitz, Astrid ^a   Albers, Bernhard ^b   Schrappe, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; NOMENCLATURE; REVIEW; SAFETY; SAMPLE SIZE;

CAUSALITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 78650337396     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: 14753901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2008.031435     Document Type: Article

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