Assessing Patient Safety Practices and Outcomes in the U.S. Health Care System.

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Assessing Patient Safety Practices and Outcomes in the U.S. Health Care System.

November 4, 2009

Farley DO, Ridgely MS, Mendel P, et al. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation; 2009. ISBN: 9780833047748.

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This publication reports the results of a 2-year examination to determine the effectiveness of US efforts to improve patient safety, explore hospitals' experience with the AHRQ patient safety culture survey, and highlight trends in patient safety improvement.

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