Safety at home : Sécurité à domicile : une étude pancanadienne des soins à domicileueil

Doran, Diane; Lang, Ariella; Blais, Régis; MacDonald, Marilyn; Baker, G. Ross; Hirdes, John P; Harrison, Margaret B

"Home care (HC) is an integral component of the ongoing restructuring of healthcare in Canada. Its continuing growth as a care option is accompanied by an increasing awareness of unique issues related to client safety in the HC context. The occurrence of an adverse event (AE) is a safety issue that has been well documented with respect to patients in acute care settings; however, there are only limited data available about safety problems experienced by clients in HC settings. The Safety at Home study was initiated to address this knowledge gap"--page 4.

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