Perceptions of safety are shaped by the hospital environment

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 1471-1472

  Smith Jr , G Randy ^a   Devisetty, Vikram K ^a,b   Mitra, Debi L ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Lake Forest Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL STAFF; MORTALITY; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84882248553     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.7798     Document Type: Letter

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