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Preventable deaths due to problems in care in English acute hospitals: a retrospective case record review study

INTRODUCTION: Monitoring hospital mortality rates is widely recommended. However, the number of preventable deaths remains uncertain with estimates in England ranging from 840 to 40 000 per year, these being derived from studies that identified adverse events but not whether events contributed to de...

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Autores principales: Hogan, Helen, Healey, Frances, Neale, Graham, Thomson, Richard, Vincent, Charles, Black, Nick
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Group 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3436096/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22927487
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2011-001159