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Hospital disclosure practices: Results of a national survey
Lamb RM, Studdert DM, Bohmer RM, Berwick DM, Brennan TA. Hospital disclosure practices: Results of a national survey. Health Affairs (Millwood). 2003 Mar-Apr;22(2):73-83.

In an early 2002 survey of risk managers at a nationally representative sample of hospitals, the vast majority reported that their hospital's practice was to disclose harm at least some of the time, although only one-third of hospitals actually had board-approved policies in place.

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