A structured approach to improving patient safety: Lessons from a public safety-net system
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A structured approach to improving patient safety: Lessons from a public safety-net system
Introduction Denver Health is a public, academic health system, a model integrated system of care, and Colorado’s principal safety-net institution. It serves a third of Denver’s citizens including the most vulnerable, with 75% of its patients having incomes below 185 percent of the federal poverty level, two-thirds being ethnic minorities and almost onehalf are uninsured. These patient characte...
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عنوان ژورنال: Patient Safety in Surgery
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1754-9493
DOI: 10.1186/1754-9493-5-32