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Title
The reliability of medical record review for estimating adverse event rates.
Authors
Thomas, Eric J; Lipsitz, Stuart R; Studdert, David M; Brennan, Troyen A
Abstract
The data used by the U.S. Institute of Medicine to estimate deaths from medical errors come from a study that relied on nurse and physician reviews of medical records to detect the errors.
Publication
Annals of internal medicine, 2002, Vol 136, Issue 11, p812