Preventable deaths in patients admitted from emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 452-455

  Lu, T C ^a   Tsai, C L ^a   Lee, C C ^a   Ko, P C I ^a   Yen, Zui Shen ^a   Yuan, A ^a   Chen, S C ^a   Chen, W J ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN;

EID: 33748627148     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2004.022319     Document Type: Article

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