Preventable adverse drug events and their causes and contributing factors: The analysis of register data

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 187-197

  Jylhä, Virpi ^a   Saranto, Kaija ^a   Bates, David W ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse drug events; Information management; Patient complaints; Spontaneous reporting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; AGED; DRUG TOXICITY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79952581165     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzq085     Document Type: Article

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