Variation in the rates of adverse events between hospitals and hospital departments

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 126-133

  Zegers, Marieke ^a   de Bruijne, Martine C ^b   Spreeuwenberg, Peter ^a   Wagner, Cordula ^a,b   van der Wal, Gerrit ^b,c   Groenewegen, Peter P ^a,d  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Netherlands Health Care Inspectorate   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Hospital; Record review; Risk management; Safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY;

EID: 79952611508     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzq086     Document Type: Article

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