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Full Disclosure of Medical Errors Reduces Malpractice Claims and Claim Costs for Health System | AHRQ Innovations Exchange

ByLawrence F Muscarella PhD

Aug 14, 2013 #Disclosures, #MedicalErrors

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“Full Disclosure of Medical Errors Reduces Malpractice Claims and Claim Costs for Health System | AHRQ Innovations Exchange.”

 

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