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Can Patient Safety Incident Reports Be Used to Compare Hospital Safety? Results from a Quantitative Analysis of the English National Reporting and Learning System Data

BACKGROUND: The National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS) collects reports about patient safety incidents in England. Government regulators use NRLS data to assess the safety of hospitals. This study aims to examine whether annual hospital incident reporting rates can be used as a surrogate indi...

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Autores principales: Howell, Ann-Marie, Burns, Elaine M., Bouras, George, Donaldson, Liam J., Athanasiou, Thanos, Darzi, Ara
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4674095/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26650823
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0144107