The presence of outcome bias in emergency physician retrospective judgments of the quality of care

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Gupta, Malkeet ^a   Schriger, David L ^a   Tabas, Jeffrey A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE PLUS PARACETAMOL; IBUPROFEN; KETAMINE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MORPHINE; PARACETAMOL; PROCHLORPERAZINE; PROCHLORPERAZINE MALEATE; SALBUTAMOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUTOPSY; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIAPHORESIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIMB INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE ACT; MIGRAINE; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME BIAS; OXYGEN THERAPY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOTOMA; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; T WAVE INVERSION; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WEB BROWSER; WHEEZING;

EID: 79953231152     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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