Selecting indicators for patient safety at the health system level in OECD countries.

Vivienne McLoughlin; John Millar; Soeren Mattke; Margarida Franca; Pia Maria Jonsson; David Somekh; David W Bates

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Selecting indicators for patient safety at the health system level in OECD countries.

September 20, 2006

McLoughlin V, Millar J, Mattke S, et al. Int J Qual Health Care. 2006;18 Suppl 1:14-20.

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The authors describe a project to develop an initial set of patient safety indicators to support international data collection and learning.

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