Health Care Services
Health Care Working Conditions and Patient Safety
March 2003
Clinical Focus*
- Do working conditions affect the following?
- Patient outcomes that are related to patient safety.
- The rate of medical errors.
- The rate of recognition of medical errors after they occur.
- The probability that adverse events will occur following detected or undetected medical errors.
- Measures of service quality in industries other than health care.
- Does the complexity of the plan of care influence whether working conditions affect patient outcomes that are related to patient safety?
*Addressed in the summary or evidence report.
The Effect of Health Care Working Conditions on Patient Safety
Summary (Publication No. 03-E024, March 2003)
Evidence Report (Publication No. 03-E031, May 2003)
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