Ambulatory care adverse events and preventable adverse events leading to a hospital admission.

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Published in Qual Saf Health Care on April 01, 2007

Authors

Donna M Woods1, Eric J Thomas, Jane L Holl, Kevin B Weiss, Troyen A Brennan

Author Affiliations

1: Institute for Healthcare Studies, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA. woods@northwestern.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Improving Patient Safety in Spanish Primary Care (PC) Centres (SinergiAPS) | NCT03837912

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