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Patient safety issues continue to plague American hospitals.

August 14, 2019

Wilensky GR. The Milbank Q. 2019;97(3):641-644.

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High-quality, reliable safe health care is a complex challenge. This commentary reviews estimates of health care–associated harm and injury to patients and the complexities associated with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services financial penalties approach to drive improvement.

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