Epidemiology of Patient Harms in New Zealand: Protocol of a General Practice Records Review Study.

Susan M Dovey Sharon Leitch Katharine Ann Wallis Kyle S Eggleton Wayne K Cunningham Martyn I Williamson Steven Lillis Andrew W McMenamin Murray W Tilyard David M Reith Ariyapala Samaranayaka Jason E Hall

Published in: JMIR research protocols (2017)

The design of this complex study is presented with discussion on data collection methods, sampling weights, power analysis, and statistical approach. This study will show the epidemiology of patient harms recorded in general practice records for all of New Zealand and will show whether this epidemiology differs by rural location and clinic size.

Keyphrases

general practice
primary care
randomized controlled trial
case report
risk factors
machine learning
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