Patient Safety Incidents Involving Sick Children in Primary Care in England and Wales: A Mixed Methods Analysis

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Rees, Philippa ^a,b   Edwards, Adrian ^a   Powell, Colin ^a   Hibbert, Peter ^c   Williams, Huw ^a   Makeham, Meredith ^c   Carter, Ben ^a,d   Luff, Donna ^e,f   Parry, Gareth ^f,g   Avery, Anthony ^h   Sheikh, Aziz ^f,i   Donaldson, Liam ^j   Carson Stevens, Andrew ^a,c,k  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^j LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; CHLORPROMAZINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LAMOTRIGINE; RANITIDINE; RISPERIDONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG FORMULATION; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FACILITATED COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; WALES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFANT; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICATION ERROR; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; HUMANS; INFANT; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICATION ERRORS; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; WALES;

EID: 85010067831     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002217     Document Type: Article

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