Epidemiology of Patient Harms in New Zealand: Protocol of a General Practice Records Review Study

Susan M Dovey   ¹ , MPH, PhD ;   Sharon Leitch   ¹ , MBChB ;   Katharine A Wallis   ² , MBChB, PhD ;   Kyle S Eggleton   ² , MBChB, MMedSc, MPH ;   Wayne K Cunningham   ³ , MBChB, MD ;   Martyn I Williamson   ¹ , MBBS ;   Steven Lillis   ² , MBChB, PhD ;   Andrew W McMenamin   ⁴ , MBChB ;   Murray W Tilyard   ¹ , MBChB, MD ;   David M Reith   ⁵ , MBBS, PhD ;   Ari Samaranayaka   ⁶ , MPhil, PhD ;   Jason E Hall   ⁷ , BSc

¹ Department of General Practice and Rural Health, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

² Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

³ RCSI Medical University Bahrain, Adliya, Bahrain

⁴ Te Ngae Medical Centre, Rotorua, New Zealand

⁵ Department of Women's and Children's Health, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

⁶ Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

⁷ Best Practice Advocacy Centre Inc, Dunedin, New Zealand