Commentary on Sharek: Adverse Events and Errors—Important to Differentiate and Difficult to Measure
Timothy P. Hofer
VA Center for Practice Management and Outcomes Research, P.O. Box 13017, Ann Arbor, MI 48113-0170
Address correspondence to Timothy Hofer, M.D., VA Center for Practice Management and Outcomes Research, P.O. Box 13017, Ann Arbor, MI 48113-0170; e-mail: [email protected]. Timothy Hofer, M.D., is with the Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Michigan and the VA Center for Practice Management and Outcomes Research, Ann Arbor, MI.
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VA Center for Practice Management and Outcomes Research, P.O. Box 13017, Ann Arbor, MI 48113-0170
Address correspondence to Timothy Hofer, M.D., VA Center for Practice Management and Outcomes Research, P.O. Box 13017, Ann Arbor, MI 48113-0170; e-mail: [email protected]. Timothy Hofer, M.D., is with the Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Michigan and the VA Center for Practice Management and Outcomes Research, Ann Arbor, MI.
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