Assessing patient safety practices and outcomes in the U.S. health care system /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2009.
Description:	1 online resource (xxvii, 201 pages) : illustrations.
Language:	English
Series:	Rand Corporation technical report series ; TR-725-AHRQ Technical report (Rand Corporation) ; TR-725-AHRQ.
Subject:	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. Outcome assessment (Medical care) United States. Electronic book. Evaluation Study.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11205858

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Other authors / contributors:	Farley, Donna. Rand Corporation.
ISBN:	9780833049025 083304902X 9780833047748 0833047744
Digital file characteristics:	text file PDF
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-201). Print version record.
Summary:	Presents the results of a two-year study that analyzes how patient safety practices are being adopted by U.S. health care providers, examines hospital experiences with a patient safety culture survey, and assesses patient safety outcomes trends. In case studies of four U.S. communities, researchers collected information on the dynamics of local patient safety activities and on adoption of safe practices by hospitals.
Other form:	Print version: Assessing patient safety practices and outcomes in the U.S. health care system. Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2009 9780833047748

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