Scientific view of the global literature on medical error reporting and reporting systems from 1977 to 2021: a bibliometric analysis.

Aysun Ünal; Şeyda Seren Intepeler

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Scientific view of the global literature on medical error reporting and reporting systems from 1977 to 2021: a bibliometric analysis.

November 16, 2022

Ünal A, Seren Intepeler Ş. J Patient Saf. 2022;18(7):e1102-e1108.

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Increasing patient safety event reporting is an ongoing priority. This article summarizes the trends in medical error reporting and reporting system research from 1970 to 2021. While the number of publications increased annually, researchers observed a lack of cross-country collaboration on studies evaluating error reporting systems.

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