Assessing patient safety practices and outcomes in the U.S. health care system
By: Donna O. Farley ... [et al.].
Contributors: Farley, Donna.; Rand Corporation.
Publisher: RAND
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780833047748
Subjects: Outcome assessment (Medical care) -- United States; Hospital patients -- United States -- Safety measures -- Evaluation; Medical Errors -- prevention & control -- United States -- Evaluation Studies; Quality Assurance, Health Care -- United States -- Evaluation Studies; Safety Management -- United States -- Evaluation Studies
Genres: Evaluation Studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Uptake of patient safety practices in four U.S. communities; title: Use of the hospital survey on patient safety culture; title: National survey on adoption of NQF safe practices; title: Trends for patient safety outcomes; title: Suggested approach for monitoring effects of the patient safety initiative.