Temporal Trends in Rates of Patient Harm Resulting from Medical Care
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- 25 November 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 363 (22) , 2124-2134
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmsa1004404
Abstract
In the 10 years since publication of the Institute of Medicine's report To Err Is Human, extensive efforts have been undertaken to improve patient safety. The success of these efforts remains unclear.This publication has 24 references indexed in Scilit:
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