A Swiss anaesthesiology closed claims analysis: Report of events in the years 1987-2008

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 85-91

  Staender, Sven ^a   Schaer, Hansjuerg ^d   Clergue, François ^b   Gerber, Helmut ^d   Pasch, Thomas ^d   Skarvan, Karl ^d   Meiste, Beat ^c  

^a Regional Hospital   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c Hospital Beau Site   (Switzerland)

^d Swiss Society of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Closed claims analysis; Malpractice; Professional liability; Quality control; Risk assessment; Safety management

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGY; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; INTROSPECTION; LEGAL LIABILITY; LIFE EVENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RISK; SCORING SYSTEM; SWITZERLAND;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANESTHETICS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ERRORS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 79951503904     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e3283414fea     Document Type: Article

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