Measuring experiences and outcomes of patient safety in primary care: a systematic review of available instruments.

Ignacio Ricci-Cabello; Daniela C. Gonçalves; Antonio Rojas-García; Jose M. Valderas

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Measuring experiences and outcomes of patient safety in primary care: a systematic review of available instruments.

April 22, 2015

Ricci-Cabello I, Gonçalves DC, Rojas-García A, et al. Fam Pract. 2015;32(1):106-19.

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This systematic review revealed that few validated instruments exist to measure patient safety in primary care. This finding underscores the need to develop and validate measurement tools in order to further ambulatory patient safety.

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