National trends in patient safety for four common conditions, 2005-2011

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 370, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 341-351

  Wang, Yun ^a,c,g   Eldridge, Noel ⁱ   Metersky, Mark L ^a,b   Verzier, Nancy R ^a   Meehan, Thomas P ^a,f   Pandolfi, Michelle M ^a   Foody, JoAnne M ^a,h   Ho, Shih Yieh ^a   Galusha, Deron ^a,f   Kliman, Rebecca E ^j   Sonnenfeld, Nancy ^j   Krumholz, Harlan M ^c,d,e,f   Battles, James ⁱ  

^a QUALIDIGM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^h BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^j CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

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EID: 84892756175     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa1300991     Document Type: Article

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