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Top Cited Articles

Acceptance rate:

9%

Time to first decision with review:

61 days*

Time from acceptance to publication:

19 days*

Impact factor (JCR):

5.9

Citescore:

9.8

2023 total content views:

660,180

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*median number of days

Examining the effect of quality improvement initiatives on decreasing racial disparities in maternal morbidity

The problem with making Safety-II work in healthcare

Roles and effectiveness of knowledge brokers for translating clinical practice guidelines in health-related settings: a systematic review

Impact of COVID-19 restrictions on diabetes health checks and prescribing for people with type 2 diabetes: a UK-wide cohort study involving 618 161 people in primary care

Understanding decisions about antibiotic prescribing in ICU: an application of the Necessity Concerns Framework

Overuse of diagnostic testing in healthcare: a systematic review

Antibiotic overuse: managing uncertainty and mitigating against overtreatment

Interventions targeted at reducing diagnostic error: systematic review

Medication-related interventions to improve medication safety and patient outcomes on transition from adult intensive care settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Using a dark logic model to explore adverse effects in audit and feedback: a qualitative study of gaming in colonoscopy

Barriers and enablers to monitoring and deprescribing opioid analgesics for chronic non-cancer pain: a systematic review with qualitative evidence synthesis using the Theoretical Domains Framework

Patient-level and hospital-level variation and related time trends in COVID-19 case fatality rates during the first pandemic wave in England: multilevel modelling analysis of routine data

Measuring what matters: refining our approach to quality indicators

Complex interplay between moral distress and other risk factors of burnout in ICU professionals: findings from a cross-sectional survey study

Effectiveness of a medication adherence management intervention in a community pharmacy setting: a cluster randomised controlled trial

Optimising GPs' communication of advice to facilitate patients' self-care and prompt follow-up when the diagnosis is uncertain: a realist review of 'safety-netting' in primary care

Is greater patient involvement associated with higher satisfaction? Experimental evidence from a vignette survey

Days alive and at home after hip fracture: a cross-sectional validation of a patient-centred outcome measure using routinely collected data

Improving responses to safety incidents: we need to talk about justice

Patient safety and hospital visiting at the end of life during COVID-19 restrictions in Aotearoa New Zealand: a qualitative study