Validity of selected patient safety indicators: Opportunities and concerns

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 212, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 924-934

  Kaafarani, Haytham M A ^a,b   Borzecki, Ann M ^c,d,f   Itani, Kamal M F ^b,d,e   Loveland, Susan ^b   Mull, Hillary J ^b,c   Hickson, Kathleen ^b,f   MacDonald, Sally ^f   Shin, Marlena ^b   Rosen, Amy K ^b,c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ACCIDENTAL PUNCTURE AND LACERATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL INDICATOR; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SAFETY INDICATOR; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LACERATIONS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79957620290     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2010.07.007     Document Type: Article

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