How effective are patient safety initiatives? A retrospective patient record review study of changes to patient safety over time

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 561-571

  Baines, Rebecca ^a,b   Langelaan, Maaike ^a   De Bruijne, Martine ^b   Spreeuwenberg, Peter ^a   Wagner, Cordula ^a,b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIKERT SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT SAFETY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VERY ELDERLY; CLINICAL AUDIT; EVALUATION STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SAFETY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939630905     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2014-003702     Document Type: Article

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