Frequency of and predictors for patient-reported medical and medication errors in Switzerland

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 141, Issue OCTOBER, 2011, Pages

  Schwappach, David L B ^a,b  

^a Swiss Patient Safety Foundation   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Medical errors; Patient safety; Patient reported outcomes; Quality of care; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICATION ERROR; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SWITZERLAND; ADOLESCENT; AGED; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80655148782     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2011.13262     Document Type: Article

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