Assessing patient safety in the United States: challenges and opportunities.

Chunliu Zhan; Ed Kelley; Hannah P. Yang; Marge Keyes; James Battles; Robert J. Borotkanics; Daniel Stryer

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Assessing patient safety in the United States: challenges and opportunities.

April 3, 2005

Zhan C, Kelley E, Yang HP, et al. Med Care. 2005;43(3 Suppl):I42-I47.

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Each year, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) reports on health care quality through the National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR); a chapter of the report focuses on patient safety. This study reviews the challenges in assessing and reporting on national patient safety performance for the first NHQR and discusses developments that will help improve assessment in the future.

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