Patient safety measures in burn care: do national reporting systems accurately reflect quality of burn care?

Samuel P. Mandell; Ellen F. Robinson; Claudette L. Cooper; Matthew B. Klein; Nicole S. Gibran

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Patient safety measures in burn care: do national reporting systems accurately reflect quality of burn care?

February 3, 2010

Mandell SP, Robinson EF, Cooper CL, et al. J Burn Care Res. 2010;31(1):125-9.

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This study examined quality measures reported to the University Health Consortium, an alliance of academic medical centers, to highlight the limitations of applying these data to the care and safety of burn patients.

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