Accountability sought by patients following adverse events from medical care: the New Zealand experience.

Marie Bismark; Edward Dauer; Ron Paterson; David M. Studdert

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Accountability sought by patients following adverse events from medical care: the New Zealand experience.

November 1, 2006

Bismark M, Dauer E, Paterson R, et al. CMAJ. 2006;175(8):889-94.

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The investigators analyzed compensation claims and complaint letters submitted to national organizations in New Zealand to identify what accountability patients sought after medical error.

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