26 June 2017

The economics of patient safety

The economics of patient safety: Strengthening a value-based approach to reducing patient harm at national level
OECD 26 June 2017
  • This paper estimates the health, financial and economic costs of harm to patients during health care,  and how patient harm can be minimised effectively and efficiently. This is informed by a snapshot survey of a panel of eminent academic and policy experts in patient safety.