Method | Feasibility | Yield | Usefulness | Reliability* |
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General Practitioners registering events | +/- | +/- | - Different kind of events - Setting areas for improvement per practice in patient safety | - |
Pharmacist registering events | + | - | - Only medication errors - Guidance in improving patient safety in prescribing medication | - |
Patients' questionnaire about patient safety | ++ | + | - Different kind of events - Revealing GPs' blind spots - Setting areas for improvement per practice in patient safety | +/- |
Random audit of medical records | +/- | + | - Mostly therapeutic and communication events - Time consuming | + |
Audit of medical records of deceased patients | + | +/- | - Different kind of events - Low number of patients | - |