Safer primary care for all: A global imperative

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Sheikh, Aziz ^a,b   Panesar, Sukhmeet S ^c   Larizgoitia, Itziar ^d   Bates, David W ^e   Donaldson, Liam J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH HAZARD; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LETTER; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL ERROR; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; HEALTH; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SAFETY; STANDARDS;

GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SAFETY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84887568173     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(13)70030-5     Document Type: Letter

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