TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Patient Safety in the Ambulatory Setting
A1  - Wachter, Robert M.
A1  - Gupta, Kiran
PY  - 2017
T2  - Understanding Patient Safety, 3e
AB  - The  point  has  been  well  made  that  while  most  of  the  patient  safety  literature  focuses  on  the  inpatient  setting,  the  majority  of  healthcare  encounters  occur  in  the  clinic.  Consider  this:  for  each  inpatient  hospitalization,  approximately  28  outpatient  medical  visits  take  place  each  year—a  ratio  that  has  remained  relatively  stable  over  the  last  20  years.1  Indeed,  ambulatory  visits  now  account  for  over  one-third  of  all  healthcare  spending  in  the  United  States.2  Nevertheless,  early  emphasis  on  patient  safety  in  the  hospital  was  a  natural  first  step.  Inpatients  are  sicker,  making  the  stakes  higher.  Hospital  errors  are  often  more  visible.  Additionally,  when  compared  to  most  community-based  physician  practices,  hospitals  have  greater  resources  to  research  and  address  safety  challenges.  
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PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1146175838
ER  -