Using a multi-method, user centred, prospective hazard analysis to assess care quality and patient safety in a care pathway.

Joanne E. Dean; Allen Hutchinson; Kamisha Hamilton Escoto; Rod Lawson

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Using a multi-method, user centred, prospective hazard analysis to assess care quality and patient safety in a care pathway.

July 4, 2007

Dean JE, Hutchinson A, Escoto KH, et al. BMC Health Serv Res. 2007;7:89.

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