Heuristic thinking: interdisciplinary perspectives on medical error

Approximately 43 million adverse events occur across the globe each year at a cost of at least 23 million disability-adjusted life years and $132 billion in excess health care spending, ranking this safety burden among the top 10 medical causes of disability in the world.1 These findings are likely...

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Main Author: Annegret F. Hannawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2013-12-01
Series:Journal of Public Health Research
Online Access:http://www.jphres.org/index.php/jphres/article/view/233