Hospital deaths and adverse events in Brazil

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Martins, Mônica ^a   Travassos, Claudia ^a   Mendes, Walter ^a   Pavão, Ana Luiza B ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG TOXICITY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICATION ERROR; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG TOXICITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052840550     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-223     Document Type: Article

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