Quality of patient record keeping: An indicator of the quality of care?

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 314-318

  Zegers, Marieke ^a   De Bruijne, Martine C ^b   Spreeuwenberg, Peter ^a   Wagner, Cordula ^a,b   Groenewegen, Peter P ^a,c   Van Der Wal, Gerrit ^b,d  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Netherlands Health Care Inspectorate   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL RECORDS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79953795530     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs.2009.038976     Document Type: Article

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