A study of the prevalence of adverse events in primary healthcare in Spain

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 921-925

  Aranaz Andrés, Jesús María ^a   Aibar, Carlos ^d   Limón, Ramón ^a,b   Mira, José Joaquín ^a,c,e   Vitaller, Julián ^a   Agra, Yolanda ^f   Terol, Enrique ^f  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b Hospital Sant Joan d'Alacant   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d Lozano Blesa Hospital   (Spain)

^e Sant Joan and Alicante Health District   (Spain)

^f Ministry of Health   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG TOXICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SPAIN; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; COMMUNICATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG TOXICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RURAL POPULATION; SPAIN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84870504001     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckr168     Document Type: Article

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