Can patient injury claims be utilised as a quality indicator?

Jutta Järvelin and Unto Häkkinen

Health Policy, 2012, vol. 104, issue 2, 155-162

Abstract: To examine the association between patient injury claims and well-known quality indicators and to assess whether claims can be utilised in performance measurement.

Keywords: Malpractice; Medical error; No fault insurance; Compensation and redress; Quality indicators (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2011.08.012

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