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APEAS Study: patient safety in primary health care
Objectives
- Improve patient safety-related knowledge by means of approaching the magnitude, far-reaching importance and impact of AE’s, and the analysis of the characteristics of the patients and of the care provided which are related to the onset of preventable AEs.
- Increase of the number of professionals actively involved in patient safety.
- Incorporate objectives and activities aimed at improving patient safety into the agenda of the Primary Care (PC) teams.
Documents
APEAS Study: patient safety in primary health care. Madrid: Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs; 2008. [English]
Published articles
Aranaz-Andrés JM, Aibar C, Limón R, Mira JJ, Vitaller J, Agra Y, Terol E. A study of the prevalence of adverse events in primary healthcare in Spain . Eur J Public Health. 2011.