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Patient safety: an urgent issue

International Journal Rehabilitation and Palliative Medicine. 2023. 1(8): 58-63; doi 10.15574/IJRPM.2021.8.58
Regan M. M. 1, Skaletskii Yu. M.2
1Medical Center «Clinic of Modern Orthopedics», Kyiv, Ukraine
2National Institute for Strategic Studies, Kyiv, Ukraine

The nature, prevalence and consequences of adverse effects of  medical practice are given. The measures to improve patient safety at the international, regional and national level are analyzed. Causes of insufficient attention to the problem of medical errors are presented.
No conflict of interests was declared by the authors.
Keywords: patient safety, medical care defects, medical errors.

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