A string of mistakes: the importance of cascade analysis in describing, counting, and preventing medical errors

Notions about the most common errors in medicine currently rest on conjecture and weak epidemiologic evidence. We sought to determine whether cascade analysis is of value in clarifying the epidemiology and causes of errors and whether physician reports are sensitive to the impact of errors on patien...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Annals of family medicine 2004-07, Vol.2 (4), p.317-326
Hauptverfasser:	Woolf, Steven H, Kuzel, Anton J, Dovey, Susan M, Phillips, Jr, Robert L
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Aged Causality Communication Female Humans Male Medical Errors - prevention & control Medical Errors - statistics & numerical data Middle Aged Original Research Reproducibility of Results Systems Analysis Truth Disclosure
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