[Frequency of medication errors by patients].

Objective: Analyze the frequency of medication errors committed and reported by patients.

Methods: Descriptive study based on a telephone survey of a random sample of adult patients from the primary care level of the Spanish public health care system. A total of 1 247 patients responded (75% response rate); 63% were women and 29% were older than 70 years.

[Development and validation of a questionnaire to measure hospitals' social reputation].

Objective: To design and validate a questionnaire (MeFio) to measure the social reputation of a hospital from patients' and citizens' perspective.

Material And Methods: We performed a literature review to define the concept of a hospital's social reputation. Four nominal groups were conducted to set up the a priori factors of the MeFio questionnaire.

[News items about clinical errors and safety perceptions in hospital patients].

Objective: To analyze how news items about clinical errors are treated by the press in Spain and their influence on patients.

Methods: We performed a quantitative and qualitative study. Firstly, news items published between April and November 2007 in six newspapers were analyzed.