Assessing adverse events among home care clients in three Canadian provinces using chart review

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 989-997

  Blais, Régis ^a   Sears, Nancy A ^b   Doran, Diane ^c   Ross Baker, G ^d   Macdonald, Marilyn ^e   Mitchell, Lori ^f   Thales, Stéphane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b St Lawrence College   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f WINNIPEG REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CANADA; CAREGIVER; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DOCUMENTATION; FALLING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICATION ERROR; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CARE; WOUND INFECTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL ERROR; PATIENT SAFETY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

AGED; CANADA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84892600953     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2013-002039     Document Type: Review

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