AHRQ Patient Safety Network: Measuring experiences and outcomes of patient safety in primary care: a systematic review of available instruments.

AHRQ Patient Safety Network



Measuring experiences and outcomes of patient safety in primary care: a systematic review of available instruments.

Ricci-Cabello I, Gonçalves DC, Rojas-García A, Valderas JM. Fam Pract. 2014 Sep 5; [Epub ahead of print].

This systematic review revealed that few validated instruments exist to measure patient safety in primary care. This finding underscores the need to develop and validate measurement tools in order to furtherambulatory patient safety.

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