Prospective audit of discharge summary errors

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 788-790

  Macaulay, E M ^a,b   Cooper, G G ^a   Engeset, J ^a   Naylor, A R ^a  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b RAIGMORE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ERROR; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR SURGERY;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORDS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0029949401     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800830619     Document Type: Article

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