Patient Safety in Ambulatory Care

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1341-1354

  Neuspiel, Daniel R ^a   Stubbs, Erin H ^a  

^a Levine Children's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care; Medical errors; Medication errors; Outpatients; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STANDARD;

AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIANS; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84868110614     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: 15578240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2012.08.006     Document Type: Review

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