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Frequency and nature of potentially harmful preventable problems in primary care from the patient's perspective with clinician review: a population-level survey in Great Britain.
Stocks SJ, Donnelly A, Esmail A, et al. Frequency and nature of potentially harmful preventable problems in primary care from the patient's perspective with clinician review: a population-level survey in Great Britain. BMJ Open. 2018;8(6):e020952. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020952.
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September 26, 2018
Stocks SJ, Donnelly A, Esmail A, et al. BMJ Open. 2018;8(6):e020952.
Adverse events reported by patients are often different and more expansive than safety hazards identified by health care providers. Researchers elicited adverse events from a nationally representative sample of British outpatients. About 8% of patients reported an adverse event, which were frequently problems with medications, accessing care in a timely way, and diagnostic errors.
