The Hidden Cost of Regulation: The Administrative Cost of Reporting Serious Reportable Events

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 212-218

  Blanchfield, Bonnie B ^a   Acharya, Bijay ^a   Mort, Elizabeth ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AVERAGING; FINANCE; HUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STAFF; SURGERY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ACCREDITATION; CLASSIFICATION; DOCUMENTATION; ECONOMIC MODEL; ECONOMICS; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL ERROR; TIME FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES, U.S.; DOCUMENTATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JOINT COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85039862436     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2017.08.006     Document Type: Article

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