A cross-sectional mixed methods study protocol to generate learning from patient safety incidents reported from general practice

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Carson Stevens, Andrew ^a,b,c,d   Hibbert, Peter ^c,e   Avery, Anthony ^f   Butlin, Amy ^a   Carter, Ben ^a   Cooper, Alison ^a   Evans, Huw Prosser ^a   Gibson, Russell ^a   Luff, Donna ^g,h   Makeham, Meredith ^c   McEnhill, Paul ^a   Panesar, Sukhmeet S ^d   Parry, Gareth ^h,i   Rees, Philippa ^a   Shiels, Emma ^a   Sheikh, Aziz ^d,h,j   Ward, Hope Olivia ^a   Williams, Huw ^a   Wood, Fiona ^a   Donaldson, Liam ^k   Edwards, Adrian ^a   more..

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e Australian Patient Safety Foundation   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^g BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

ⁱ INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

^j BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^k IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEATH; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCIDENT REPORT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT HARM; PATIENT SAFETY; ENGLAND; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MEDICAL ERROR; METHODOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WALES;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ENGLAND; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN; WALES;

EID: 84955240139     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009079     Document Type: Article

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