The incidence of adverse events among home care patients.

Nancy A. Sears; Ross Baker; Jan Barnsley; Sam Shortt

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The incidence of adverse events among home care patients.

January 30, 2013

Sears NA, Baker R, Barnsley J, et al. Int J Qual Health Care. 2013;25(1):16-28.

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In this study, 13.2% of home care patients experienced an adverse event, and approximately one-third of these were considered preventable.

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