Developing a patient safety incident classification system for primary care. A literature review and Delphi-survey by the LINNEAUS collaboration on patient safety in primary care

European Journal of General Practice

Volumn 21, Issue , 2015, Pages 35-38

  Klemp, Kerstin ^a   Dovey, Susan ^b   Valderas, Jose M ^c   Rohe, Julia ^d   Godycki Cwirko, Maciek ^e   Elliott, Phillip ^a   Beyer, Martin ^a   Gerlach, Ferdin M ^a   Hoffmann, Barbara ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d EBM and Guideline Department   (Germany)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

classifi cation; LINNEAUS collaboration; medical error; Patient safety; primary healthcare; taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CINAHL; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSENSUS; DELPHI STUDY; EMBASE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDLINE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TAXONOMY; CLASSIFICATION; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT;

DELPHI TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84941073511     PISSN: 13814788     EISSN: 17511402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13814788.2015.1043723     Document Type: Review

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