Surgical never events in the United States

Surgery (United States)

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 465-472

  Mehtsun, Winta T ^a,b,c   Ibrahim, Andrew M ^a,d   Diener West, Marie ^b   Pronovost, Peter J ^a,b   Makary, Martin A ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREIGN BODY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NATIONAL PRACTITIONER DATA BANK; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL INJURY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL PRACTITIONER DATA BANK; PATIENT SAFETY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875221482     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.10.005     Document Type: Article

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