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A String of Mistakes: The Importance of Cascade Analysis in Describing, Counting, and Preventing Medical Errors

Steven H. Woolf, Anton J. Kuzel, Susan M. Dovey and Robert L. Phillips
The Annals of Family Medicine July 2004, 2 (4) 317-326; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.126
Steven H. Woolf
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vol. 2 no. 4 317-326
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.126
PubMed 
15335130

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication September 9, 2003
  • Revision received December 15, 2003
  • Accepted for publication January 5, 2004
  • Published online July 28, 2004.

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  1. Steven H. Woolf, MD, MPH1,
  2. Anton J. Kuzel, MD, MHPE1,
  3. Susan M. Dovey, MPH, PhD2 and
  4. Robert L. Phillips Jr, MD, MSPH2
  1. 1Department of Family Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va
  2. 2Robert Graham Center: Policy Studies in Family Practice and Primary Care, American Academy of Family Physicians, Washington, DC
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Steven H. Woolf, MD, MPH, Department of Family Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, 3712 Charles Stewart Dr, Fairfax, VA 22033, swoolf{at}vcu.edu
  1. Preliminary results were presented at the annual research meeting of the Academy for Health Services Research and Health Policy, June 23–25, 2002, Washington, DC; and at the 31st Annual Meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group, October 25–28, 2003, Banff, Alberta, Canada.

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