The $17.1 billion problem: The annual cost of measurable medical errors

Health Affairs

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 596-603

  van den Bos, Jill ^a   Rustagi, Karan ^a   Gray, Travis ^a   Halford, Michael ^a   Ziemkiewicz, Eva ^a   Shreve, Jonathan ^a  

^a DENVER HEALTH AND HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (United States)

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ARTICLE; COST; DECUBITUS; FAILED BACK SURGERY SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL ERROR; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MEDICAL ERRORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955617737     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0084     Document Type: Article

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