Design of a study on suboptimal cognitive acts in the diagnostic process, the effect on patient outcomes and the influence of workload, fatigue and experience of physician

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Zwaan, Laura ^a   Thijs, Abel ^a   Wagner, Cordula ^a,b   Van Der Wal, Gerrit ^a   Timmermans, Daniëlle R M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORKLOAD; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLE SIZE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 65549132932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-9-65     Document Type: Article

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