Application of AHRQ patient safety indicators to English hospital data.

A. Bottle; P. Aylin

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Application of AHRQ patient safety indicators to English hospital data.

August 12, 2009

Bottle A, Aylin P. Qual Saf Health Care. 2009;18(4):303-8.

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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Patient Safety Indicators were found to have limited utility in screening for patient safety problems in British hospitals.

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