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Accidents, claiming, and regional subcultures: are medical errors and malpractice lawsuits related to social capital?

July 9, 2008

Williams J. J Safety Res. 2008;39(3).

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This paper compares state-level hospital performance on Patient Safety Indicators to similar data on malpractice lawsuits and traffic safety. States with safer roads were loosely correlated with improved hospital safety, possibly indicating a cultural component to improved safety in both arenas.

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