The missing evidence: A systematic review of patients' experiences of adverse events in health care

R Harrison; M Walton; E Manias; J Smith-Merry; P Kelly; R Iedema; L Robinson

Journal article

The missing evidence: A systematic review of patients' experiences of adverse events in health care

R Harrison, M Walton, E Manias, J Smith-Merry, P Kelly, R Iedema, L Robinson

International Journal for Quality in Health Care | Published : 2015

DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzv075

Abstract

Purpose: Preventable patient harm due to adverse events (AEs) is a significant health problem today facing contemporary health care. Knowledge of patients' experiences of AEs is critical to improving health care safety and quality. A systematic review of studies of patients' experiences of AEs was conducted to report their experiences, knowledge gaps and any challenges encountered when capturing patient experience data. Data sources: Key words, synonyms and subject headings were used to search eight electronic databases from January 2000 to February 2015, in addition to hand-searching of reference lists and relevant journals. Study selection: Titles and abstracts of publicationswere screened..

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AN INVESTIGATION OF THE PATIENT EXPERIENCE OF ADVERSE EVENTS

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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council

Funding Acknowledgements

This work was supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Project Grant (Project ID: 1049703). The contents of this manuscript are solely the responsibility of the University of Sydney and the individual authors and do not reflect the views of NHMRC.