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Patient Reports of Preventable Problems and Harms in Primary Health Care

Anton J. Kuzel, Steven H. Woolf, Valerie J. Gilchrist, John D. Engel, Thomas A. LaVeist, Charles Vincent and Richard M. Frankel
The Annals of Family Medicine July 2004, 2 (4) 333-340; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.220
Anton J. Kuzel
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vol. 2 no. 4 333-340
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.220
PubMed 
15335132

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication August 24, 2003
  • Revision received January 31, 2004
  • Accepted for publication February 10, 2004
  • Published online July 28, 2004.

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  1. Anton J. Kuzel, MD, MHPE1,
  2. Steven H. Woolf, MD, MPH1,
  3. Valerie J. Gilchrist, MD2,
  4. John D. Engel, PhD2,
  5. Thomas A. LaVeist, PhD3,
  6. Charles Vincent, PhD4 and
  7. Richard M. Frankel, PhD5
  1. 1Department of Family Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va
  2. 2Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown, Ohio
  3. 3Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md
  4. 4Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine, St. Mary’s Hospital, London, England
  5. 5Regenstreif Institute, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Ind
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Anton J. Kuzel, MD, MHPE, Department of Family Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, PO Box 980251, Richmond, VA 23298, ajkuzel{at}vcu.edu
  1. Preliminary results presented at the Second Annual National Patient Safety Conference, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, March 2, 2003, Crystal City, Va.

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