What do primary care physicians and researchers consider the most important patient safety improvement strategies?

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Gaal, Sander ^a   Verstappen, Wim ^a   Wensing, Michel ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; STATISTICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; INTERNET; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SAFETY;

EID: 79955879710     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-102     Document Type: Article

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