Original Research

Afraid in the hospital: Parental concern for errors during a child's hospitalization†‡§

  1. Beth A. Tarini MD, MS1,¶,*,
  2. Paula Lozano MD, MPH3,4,
  3. Dimitri A. Christakis MD, MPH2,3

Article first published online: 3 AUG 2009

DOI: 10.1002/jhm.508

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Journal of Hospital Medicine

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volume 4, Issue 9, pages 521–527, November/December 2009

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Tarini, B. A., Lozano, P. and Christakis, D. A. (2009), Afraid in the hospital: Parental concern for errors during a child's hospitalization. J. Hosp. Med., 4: 521–527. doi: 10.1002/jhm.508

Author Information

  1. 1

    Division of General Pediatrics and Child Health Evaluation and Research Unit (CHEAR), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

  2. 2

    Division of General Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

  3. 3

    Seattle Children's Hospital Research Institute, Seattle Washington

  4. 4

    Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, Washington

  1. Telephone: (734) 615-8153; Fax: (734)-764-2599

*Division of General Pediatrics, University of Michigan, 300 N. Ingalls St., Rm 6C11, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0456

  1. †

    This study was funded by a grant from the Quality Improvement Committee at Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center, Seattle, WA. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of the University of Michigan, the University of Washington or Seattle Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center. Dr. Tarini had full access to all the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.

  2. ‡

    This work was presented at the Pediatric Academic Society Meeting, May, 2007.

  3. §

    There are no conflicts of interest for any authors. The study sponsor did not have any role in: (1) study design; (2) the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; (3) the writing of the report; or (4) the decision to submit the manuscript for publication. Dr. Tarini wrote the first draft of the manuscript. No author received an honorarium to produce the manuscript. This research was conducted while Dr. Tarini was a Clinical Scholar in the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program at the University of Washington. Support for this research project was provided by the Quality Improvement Committee at Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center in Seattle and the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 9 DEC 2009
  2. Article first published online: 3 AUG 2009
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 21 JAN 2009
  4. Manuscript Revised: 7 JAN 2009
  5. Manuscript Received: 4 AUG 2008

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