The challenges of undertaking root cause analysis in health care: A qualitative study

Journal of Health Services Research and Policy

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 34-41

  Nicolini, Davide ^a   Waring, Justin ^b   Mengis, Jeanne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMOTION; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ENGLAND; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; STATE MEDICINE; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 79953851308     PISSN: 13558196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jhsrp.2010.010092     Document Type: Article

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