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To what extent are inpatient deaths preventable? The author's reply
  1. Helen Hogan1,
  2. Frances Healey2,
  3. Graham Neale3,
  4. Richard Thomson4,
  5. Charles Vincent3,
  6. Nick Black1
  1. 1Department of Health Services Research & Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
  2. 2National Patient Safety Agency, London, UK
  3. 3Clinical Safety Research Unit, Imperial College, London, UK
  4. 4Institute of Health and Society, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Helen Hogan, Department of Health Services Research & Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, 15-17 Tavistock Place, London WC1H 9SH, UK; helen.hogan{at}lshtm.ac.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2013-001857

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