Patients' views of adverse events in primary and ambulatory care: a systematic review to assess methods and the content of what patients consider to be adverse events.

Sarah Lang; Marcial Velasco Garrido; Christoph Heintze

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Patients' views of adverse events in primary and ambulatory care: a systematic review to assess methods and the content of what patients consider to be adverse events.

February 17, 2016

Lang S, Garrido MV, Heintze C. BMC Fam Pract. 2016;17:6.

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This systematic review of 19 studies sought to characterize patients' perceptions related to safety in ambulatory care. Researchers found that patients seem to take a broad view of patient safety that includes concerns related to service quality and communication.

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