Can we rely on patients' reports of adverse events?

Medical Care

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 948-955

  Zhu, Junya ^a,b   Stuver, Sherri O ^a   Epstein, Arnold M ^c,d   Schneider, Eric C ^c,d,e   Weissman, Joel S ^c,f,g   Weingart, Saul N ^a  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e RAND Boston   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

adverse events; complication; patient safety; patient surveys

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INCIDENT REPORT; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF DISCLOSURE;

EID: 80052935517     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31822047a8     Document Type: Article

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