Measures of Patient Safety : Studies of Swedish Reporting Systems and Evaluation of an Intervention Aimed at Improved Patient Safety Culture

Unsafe health care delivery results in millions of patients suffering from injuries or death worldwide. A Swedish study estimated the prevalence of preventable adverse events as high as 8.6% in hospital care, which demonstrates that patient safety is no less a problem in Sweden than elsewhere. Repor...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Öhrn, Annica
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Linköpings universitet, Utvärdering och hälsoekonomi 2012
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-72594
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-7393-043-7