Reasons for not reporting patient safety incidents in general practice: a qualitative study.

Marius Brostrøm Kousgaard; Anne Sofie Joensen; Thorkil Thorsen

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Reasons for not reporting patient safety incidents in general practice: a qualitative study.

January 30, 2013

Kousgaard MB, Joensen AS, Thorsen T. Scand J Prim Health Care. 2012;30(4):199-205.

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This study investigates underlying reasons for low rates of reporting patient safety incidents by general practitioners in Denmark, despite physicians' initial enthusiasm for the incident reporting system.

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