Assessment of Patient Safety in a Low-Resource Health Care System: Proposal for a Multimethod Study
Ghazal Haque,
Fozia Asif,
Fasih Ali Ahmed
et al.
Abstract:Background
The high prevalence of adverse events (AEs) globally in health care delivery has led to the establishment of many guidelines to enhance patient safety. However, patient safety is a relatively nascent concept in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) where health systems are already overburdened and underresourced. This is why it is imperative to study the nuances of patient safety from a local perspective to advocate for the judicious use of scarce public health resources.
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