Incidence and types of non-ideal care events in an emergency department.

Kendall K Hall; Stephen M Schenkel; Jon Mark Hirshon; Yan Xiao; Gary A Noskin

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Incidence and types of non-ideal care events in an emergency department.

September 29, 2010

Hall KK, Schenkel SM, Hirshon JM, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19 Suppl 3:i20-5.

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Active surveillance identified problems in the care of nearly one-third of patients in an urban emergency department.

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