Adverse Events among Winnipeg Home Care Clients
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Adverse events among Winnipeg Home Care clients.
Patient safety research has focused almost exclusively on hospitals, with few studies investigating the safety of other healthcare sectors, including home care. Before measuring patient safety in home care, this study first sought to translate hospital-focused patient safety definitions and concepts to home care. A context-appropriate approach to measuring adverse events (AEs) in home care was ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Healthcare Quarterly
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1929-6347
DOI: 10.12927/hcq.2013.18377