Rapid response systems in the Netherlands.

Jeroen Ludikhuize; Annette Hamming; Evert De Jonge; Bernard G. Fikkers

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Rapid response systems in the Netherlands.

March 9, 2011

Ludikhuize J, Hamming A, De Jonge E, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2016;37(3):138-149.

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Nearly 80% of Dutch hospitals have implemented a rapid response system in some form, although the structure and function of the team varies across hospitals.

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