Preventable deaths due to problems in care in English acute hospitals: A retrospective case record review study

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 737-745

  Hogan, Helen ^a   Healey, Frances ^b   Neale, Graham ^c   Thomson, Richard ^d   Vincent, Charles ^c   Black, Nick ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL PATIENT SAFETY AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE MANAGEMENT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84866498947     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2011-001159     Document Type: Article

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