Patient safety research: an overview of the global evidence.

Patient safety research: an overview of the global evidence.
Jha AK, Prasopa-Plaizier N, Larizgoitia I, Bates DW; Research Priority Setting Working Group of the WHO World Alliance for Patient Safety. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:42-47.

Complementing a concurrent review and previous report on research goals, this article describes work of the WHO World Alliance for Patient Safety to identify research topics to support patient safety improvement efforts worldwide.
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SUMMARY OF THE EVIDENCE ON PATIENT SAFETY:
IMPLICATIONS FOR RESEARCH
The Research Priority Setting Working Group of the World Alliance for Patient Safety
http://www.who.int/patientsafety/information_centre/20080523_Summary_of_the_evidence_on_patient_safety.pdf