Medical Errors in US Pediatric Inpatients With Chronic Conditions
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Medical errors in US pediatric inpatients with chronic conditions.
OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between chronic conditions and iatrogenic medical errors in US pediatric inpatients. METHODS The 2006 Kids' Inpatient Database (KID) was analyzed. Medical errors were defined by using International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) codes. Medical error rates per 100 hospital discharges and per 1000 inpatient d...
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عنوان ژورنال: PEDIATRICS
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0031-4005,1098-4275
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-2555