Patient safety in developing countries: retrospective estimation of scale and nature of harm to patients in hospital

M. Wilson, R.; Michel, Philippe; Olsen, S.; Gibberd, Robert; Vincent, Charles; El-Assady, R.; Rasslan, Ossama; Qsous, S.; Macharia, William; Sahel, Amina; Whittaker, Stuart; Abdo-Ali, M.; Letaief, Mondher; Ahmed, Nusreen; A. H. Abdellatif, Ahmed; Larizgoitia, Itziar; the WHO Patient Safety EMRO/AFRO Working group, for

doi:10.1136/bmj.e832

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Patient safety in developing countries: retrospective estimation of scale and nature of harm to patients in hospital

Published in BMJ • Mar 13, 2012

Authors:

R. M. Wilson

Philippe Michel

S. Olsen

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To assess the frequency and nature of adverse events to patients in selected hospitals in developing or transitional economies. DESIGN: Retrospective medical record review of hospital admissions during 2005 in eight countries. SETTING: Ministries of Health of Egypt, Jordan, Kenya, Morocco...

Subject

Harm

Medicine

Adverse effect

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