Estimating preventable hospital deaths: The authors reply

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 694-

  Shojania, Kaveh G ^a   Dixon Woods, Mary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Attitudes; Checklists

Indexed keywords

DEATH; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT HARM; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SAFETY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL TIME;

DEATH; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS;

EID: 85025117568     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2016-006341     Document Type: Letter

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