No-fault compensation for treatment injury in New Zealand: Identifying threats to patient safety in primary care

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 587-591

  Wallis, Katharine ^a   Dovey, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; DICLOFENAC; ERYTHROMYCIN; NITROFURANTOIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISONE; STEROID; TERBINAFINE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DENTAL CARE; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; EAR INJURY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJECTION; INJURY; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICINE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NECK INJURY; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SENTINEL EVENT; SPINE INJURY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VACCINATION; VEIN PUNCTURE;

COMPENSATION AND REDRESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ERRORS; NEW ZEALAND; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SEX FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959353700     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs.2010.047696     Document Type: Article

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