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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Review of patient safety incidents submitted from Critical Care Units in England & Wales to the UK National Patient Safety Agency.

30 Oct 2009 We reviewed and classified all patient safety incidents submitted from critical care units in England and Wales to the National Patient Safety Agency for the first quarter of 2008. A total of 6649 incidents were submitted from 141 organisations ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'State Medicine'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Review of patient safety incidents submitted from Critical Care Units in England & Wales to the UK National Patient Safety Agency. 30 Oct 2009
• UK to develop a national strategy for liver disease. 29 Oct 2009
• European health systems face scrutiny in US debate. 22 Oct 2009
• Equity and NHS reforms. What about independent sector treatment centres? 19 Oct 2009
• Using patient experience within pay for performance programmes. 18 Oct 2009
• New horizons for mental health in the UK. 8 Oct 2009
• Knowledge of drinking guidelines does not equal sensible drinking. 8 Oct 2009
• Interpreting sickness absence rates of NHS employees. 3 Oct 2009
• The review of the changes of Britain's National Health Service for the impending change of the United States. 29 Sep 2009
• Improving the use of IT in the NHS. 27 Sep 2009
• Ara Darzi: an innovative surgeon who led reforms of UK's NHS. 24 Sep 2009
• Can financial incentives improve health equity? 22 Sep 2009
• Can the NHS get connected? 22 Sep 2009
• What can we learn from German health incentive schemes? 22 Sep 2009
• Questions remain over validity of EUROCARE data. 17 Sep 2009
• Life and Death. No power for the people. 12 Sep 2009
• Does improving quality of care save money? 9 Sep 2009
• [Working conditions overseas: "German physicians assume unnecessary risks" (interview by Dr. med. Thomas Meissner)] 8 Sep 2009
• British lessons on health care reform. 7 Sep 2009
• The Netherlands: regulated competition behind the dykes? 5 Sep 2009

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Technical information about 'State Medicine'

Definition: A system of medical care regulated, controlled and financed by the government, in which the government assumes responsibility for the health needs of the population.

Descriptor UI: D013222

Alternative terms: State Medicine; Medicine, State; Socialized Medicine; Medicine, Socialized; National Health Service, British; British National Health Service; Service, British National Health; British Health Service, National;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N03.858;

Technical Notes: not for med programs of individual states; compulsory system of personal med care under control of a natl govt paying physicians out of public funds; compulsory: do not confuse with NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; specify country, even GREAT BRITAIN despite X ref below; DF: STATE MED