An analysis of the causes of adverse events from the Quality in Australian Health Care Study
- 1 May 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AMPCo in The Medical Journal of Australia
- Vol. 170 (9) , 411-415
- https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1999.tb127814.x
Abstract
Objective To examine the causes of adverse events (AEs) resulting from healthcare to assist in developing strategies to minimise preventable patient injury. Design Descriptions of the 2353 AEs pre...Keywords
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