Hospital safety and complexity

BMJ

Volumn 342, Issue 7796, 2011, Pages 513-

  Morton, Anthony P ^a,b,c  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL POLICY; HOSPITAL SAFETY; INFECTION CONTROL; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

BED OCCUPANCY; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS;

EID: 79952261481     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d1320     Document Type: Letter

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