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Prevalence, severity, and nature of preventable patient harm across medical care settings: systematic review and meta-analysis

BMJ · 17 July 2019

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A systematic review and meta-analysis estimating how often patients experience preventable harm across medical care settings and what kinds of incidents cause it. Medication-related incidents were among the largest contributors, which makes this study a frequently cited baseline for medication safety work.

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Panagioti M, Khan K, Keers RN, Abuzour A, Phipps D, Kontopantelis E, et al. Prevalence, severity, and nature of preventable patient harm across medical care settings: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ. 2019;l4185. doi:10.1136/bmj.l4185

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