Hospital deaths and adverse events in Brazil

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Adverse events are considered a major international problem related to the performance of health systems. Evaluating the occurrence of adverse events involves, as any other outcome measure, determining the extent to which the observe...

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Main Authors: Pavão Ana Luiza B, Mendes Walter, Travassos Claudia, Martins Mônica
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-09-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/11/223