The Quality in Australian Health Care Study
Open Access
- 1 November 1995
- journal article
- health care
- Published by AMPCo in The Medical Journal of Australia
- Vol. 163 (9), 458-471
- https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1995.tb124691.x
Abstract
A review of the medical records of over 14 000 admissions to 28 hospitals in New South Wales and South Australia revealed that 16.6% of these admissions were associated with an “adverse event”, which...Keywords
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