Uncharted territory: Measuring costs of diagnostic errors outside the medical record

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 918-924

  Schwartz, Alan ^a   Weiner, Saul J ^a   Weaver, Frances ^b   Yudkowsky, Rachel ^a   Sharma, Gunjan ^c   Binns Calvey, Amy ^a   Preyss, Ben ^d   Jordan, Neil ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDESONIDE PLUS FORMOTEROL; INSULIN ASPART; ISOSORBIDE MONONITRATE; METOPROLOL SUCCINATE; OMEPRAZOLE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE MANAGEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERNIST; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REIMBURSEMENT; THERAPEUTIC ERROR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORDS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84871933056     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2012-000832     Document Type: Article

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