The Threats to Australian Patient Safety (TAPS) study: incidence of reported errors in general practice
The Medical Journal of AustraliaPublished 1 July 2006
Meredith Makeham, Michael Kidd, Deborah C Saltman, Michael Mira, C Bridges‐Webb, Cyrus Cooper
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To determine the incidence of errors anonymously reported by general practitioners in NSW, a database of general practitioners' reports of errors was constructed.
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This is the first study describing the incidence of GP-reported errors in a representative sample. When an anonymous reporting system is provided, about one error is reported for every 1000 Medicare items related to patient encounters billed, and about two errors are reported for every 1000 individual patients seen by a GP.
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