Patient Safety Incidents Involving Sick Children in Primary Care in England and Wales: A Mixed Methods Analysis.
Philippa ReesAdrian EdwardsColin PowellPeter Damian HibbertHuw WilliamsMeredith MakehamBen CarterDonna LuffGareth ParryAnthony AveryAziz SheikhLiam DonaldsonAndrew Carson-StevensPublished in: PLoS medicine (2017)
This study highlights opportunities to reduce iatrogenic harm and avoidable child deaths. Globally, healthcare systems with primary-care-led models of delivery must now examine their existing practices to determine the prevalence and burden of these priority safety issues, and utilize improvement methods to achieve sustainable improvements in care quality.