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1704/2012 - Patient safety as a dimension of the quality of health care - a look at the literature
A segurança do paciente como dimensão da qualidade do cuidado de saúde – um olhar sobre a literatura

Author:

• Claudia Tartaglia Reis - Reis, C.T. - Cataguases, MG - Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - <clautartaglia@gmail.com>

Co-author(s):

• Josué Laguardia - Laguardia J - Instituto de Informação Científica e Tecnológica, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - <jlaguardia@icict.fiocruz.br>
• Mônica Martins - Martins, M. - Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sérgio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - <martins@ensp.fiocruz.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9962-0618

Thematic Area:

Avaliação de Serviços de Saúde

Abstract:

The modern and competitive setting of healthcare delivery systems is opposed to their rising demands and not always sufficient resources. The concern about patient’s safety, an important dimension in healthcare quality, is, nowadays, an issue of growing significance among researchers around the world. Adverse events occur in any places where there is healthcare delivery service and in most of the situations those events are subject to preventive actions. The aim of this paper is to present, through a literature review, the concept of patient’s safety in the twenty-first century, focusing on its significance as a public health world problem; to discuss the challenges related to the gaps and perspectives involving research on the issue and its approach in the Brazilian reality. It appears that research on patient’s safety still lacks the benefits of having their approaches well established, and also, that many barriers must be faced in terms of having outlined studies and use of research techniques.

Keywords:

Patient Safety Adverse Events Medical Errors Quality of Healthcare

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Reis, C.T., Laguardia J, Martins, M.. Patient safety as a dimension of the quality of health care - a look at the literature. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2012/Sep). [Citado em 27/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/patient-safety-as-a-dimension-of-the-quality-of-health-care-a-look-at-the-literature/11311?id=11311



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