A scale for measuring the severity of diagnostic errors in accident and emergency departments

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 290-292

  Guly, H R ^a  

^a DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accident and emergency department; Misdiagnosis; Severity scoring; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM;

AFTERCARE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0030802604     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.14.5.290     Document Type: Article

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