Strategies to Improve Patient Safety: The Evidence Base Matures

Accompanying this issue is a supplement, “Making Health Care Safer: A Critical Review of Evidence Supporting Strategies to Improve Patient Safety,” that includes evidence reviews underpinning patie...

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