Estimating the incidence of adverse events in Portuguese hospitals: A contribution to improving quality and patient safety

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Sousa, Paulo ^a   Uva, António Sousa ^a,b   Serranheira, Florentino ^a,b   Nunes, Carla ^a   Leite, Ema S ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b Instituto Superior de Higiene e Medicina Tropical   (Portugal)

^c Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Hospitals; Medical errors; Patient safety; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; PATIENT SAFETY; PORTUGAL; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT SAFETY; PORTUGAL; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84904271100     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-311     Document Type: Article

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