Can Patient Safety Incident Reports Be Used to Compare Hospital Safety? Results from a Quantitative Analysis of the English National Reporting and Learning System Data

BACKGROUND: The National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS) collects reports about patient safety incidents in England. Government regulators use NRLS data to assess the safety of hospitals. This study aims to examine whether annual hospital incident reporting rates can be used as a surrogate indi...

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Published in:PLoS One
Main Authors: Howell, Ann-Marie, Burns, Elaine M., Bouras, George, Donaldson, Liam J., Athanasiou, Thanos, Darzi, Ara
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4674095/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26650823
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0144107
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