Incidence of Adverse Events and Negligence in Hospitalized Patients
- 7 February 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 324 (6) , 370-376
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199102073240604
Abstract
As part of an interdisciplinary study of medical injury and malpractice litigation, we estimated the incidence of adverse events, defined as injuries caused by medical management, and of the subgroup of such injuries that resulted from negligent or substandard care.Keywords
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