A research agenda on patient safety in primary care. Recommendations by the LINNEAUS collaboration on patient safety in primary care

European Journal of General Practice

Volumn 21, Issue , 2015, Pages 72-77

  Verstappen, Wim ^a   Gaal, Sander ^a   Bowie, Paul ^b   Parker, Diane ^c   Lainer, Miriam ^d   Valderas, Jose M ^e   Wensing, Michel ^a   Esmail, Aneez ^f  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NHS EDUCATION FOR SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c Safety Culture Limited   (United Kingdom)

^d PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

LINNEAUS collaboration; methods; patient involvement; Patient safety; primary care; research agenda

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICATION ERROR; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; WORKSHOP; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; EUROPE; GROUP PROCESS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EUROPE; GROUP PROCESSES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84941139279     PISSN: 13814788     EISSN: 17511402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13814788.2015.1043726     Document Type: Review

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