Global Research Priorities to Better Understand the Burden of Iatrogenic Harm in Primary Care: An International Delphi Exercise

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Cresswell, Kathrin M ^a   Panesar, Sukhmeet S ^a   Salvilla, Sarah A ^a   Carson Stevens, Andrew ^a,b   Larizgoitia, Itziar ^c   Donaldson, Liam J ^d   Bates, David ^e,f,g   Sheikh, Aziz ^a,e,f   Aibar, Carlos ^h   Al Bulushi, Hamad ⁱ   Al Mudaf, Buthaina ^j   Aljadhey, Hisham ^k   Amin, Fawzi ^l   Avery, Anthony ^m   Barker, Pierre ⁿ   Brami, Jean ^o   Chikobvu, Perpetual ^p   Esmail, Aneez ^q   Hickner, John ^r   Houston, Neil ^s   Khoja, Tawfik ^t   Langelaan, Maaike ^u   Letaief, Mondher ^v   Liu, Chaojie ^w   Madhok, Rajan ^x   Makeham, Meredith ^y   Michel, Philippe ^z   Neyaz, Yakoub ^aa   Herault, Ludovic Reveiz ^g   Singh, Gurdev ^ab   Singh, Ranjit ^ab   Soennichsen, Andreas ^ac   Spieker, Nicole ^ad   Trier, Hans ^ae   Thind, Amardeep ^af   Twum Danso, Nana ^ag   Verstappen, Wim ^ah   Wallis, Katharine ^ai   Whittaker, Stuart ^g   Allegranzi, Benedetta ^c   Kelley, Edward ^c   Diane Lashoher, Angela ^c   Babar Syed, Shamsuzzoha ^c   Villafaina, Antonio ^c   Yohannes, Yonatan ^c   Wang, Kevin ^c   Audera Lopez, Maria Carmen ^c   Kieny, Marie Paule ^c   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g Department of Health Policy and Management ^*  (South Africa)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

ⁱ MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Oman)

^j MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kuwait)

^k KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^l Ministry of Health   (Bahrain)

^m UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

^o ANAES   (France)

^p UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^q UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^r LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^s Primary Care at Dollar Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

^t Health Ministers Council for Gulf Cooperation   (Saudi Arabia)

^u Netherlands Institute for Healthcare Research   (Netherlands)

^v University Hospital of Monastir   (Tunisia)

^w LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^x Lead on Patient Safety Global Association of Physicians of Indian Origin UK and Quality and Safety International Clinical Epidemiology Network   (India)

^y UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^z BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^aa MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^ab Patient Safety Research Center   (United States)

^ac PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^ad PharmAccess Foundation   (Netherlands)

^ae DANISH SOCIETY FOR PATIENT SAFETY   (Denmark)

^af UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^ag Africa Operations at Institute for Healthcare Improvement   (Ghana)

^ah RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^ai UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUNTERFEIT DRUG;

ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCOME; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM;

COST OF ILLNESS; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH;

EID: 84889040334     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001554     Document Type: Article

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