Unplanned returns to the accident and emergency department - Why do they come back?

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 541-546

  Goh, S H ^a   Masayu, M M Z ^a   Teo, P S L ^a   Tham, A H M ^a   Low, B Y ^a  

^a CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Audit; Emergency room; Missed diagnosis; Performance indicator; Wrong diagnosis

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; TREATMENT FAILURE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

APPENDICITIS; ASTHMA; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT READMISSION; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0030180217     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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