Making health care safer
Subtitle: a critical analysis of patient safety practices.
Contributors: United States. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.; University of California, San Francisco-Stanford Evidence-Based Practice Center.
Series: Evidence report/technology assessment ;; no. 43; AHRQ publication ;; 01-E058; AHRQ publication ;; no. 01-E058.
Publisher: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Rockville, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 668
Subjects: Medical care -- United States -- Safety measures.; Hospital care -- United States -- Safety measures.
Description: "This project aimed to collect and critically review the existing evidence on practices relevant to improving patient safety"--P. v.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Prepared by: University of California at San Francisco (UCSF)--Stanford University Evidence-based Practice Center."
"The authors of this report are responsible for its content. Statements in the report should not be construed as endorsement by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services of a particular drug, device, test, treatment, or other clinical service"--Pref.
"July 2001"--P. [4] of cover.
Prepared for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Contract no. 290-97-0013
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