Prioritizing threats to patient safety in rural primary care.

Ranjit Singh; Ashok Singh; Timothy J. Servoss; Gurdev Singh

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Prioritizing threats to patient safety in rural primary care.

May 23, 2007

Singh R, Singh A, Servoss TJ, et al. J Rural Health. 2007;23(2):173-8.

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The authors describe a survey instrument based on failure mode and effects analysis used to assess perceptions of medical error frequency and impact.

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