Journal article
Patient reports of undesirable events during hospitalization
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Thus far, incident reporting in health care has relied on health professionals. However, patients too may be able to signal the occurrence of undesirable events.OBJECTIVE: To estimate the frequency of undesirable events reported by recently discharged patients, and to identify correlates of undesirable events.DESIGN: Mailed patient survey.SETTING: Swiss public teaching hospital.PARTICIPANTS: Adult patients (N=1,518) discharged from …
Authors
Agoritsas T; Bovier PA; Perneger TV
Journal
Journal of General Internal Medicine, Vol. 20, No. 10, pp. 922–928
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
October 2005
DOI
10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.0225.x
ISSN
0884-8734