A comprehensive overview of medical error in hospitals using incident-reporting systems, patient complaints and chart review of inpatient deaths

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  de Feijter, Jeantine M ^a   de Grave, Willem S ^a   Muijtjens, Arno M ^a   Scherpbier, Albert J J A ^a   Koopmans, Richard P ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCIDENT REPORT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REVIEW; THERAPY DELAY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; HOSPITAL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MORTALITY; RISK MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

HARNESS;

DATA COLLECTION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84857127727     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031125     Document Type: Review

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