Identification of practitioners at high risk of complaints to health profession regulators

Abstract Background Some health practitioners pose substantial threats to patient safety, yet early identification of them is notoriously difficult. We aimed to develop an algorithm for use by regulators in prospectively identifying practitioners at high risk of attracting formal complaints about he...

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Main Authors: Matthew J. Spittal, Marie M. Bismark, David M. Studdert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-019-4214-y