How much diagnostic safety can we afford, and how should we decide? A health economics perspective

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL.2, 2013, Pages

  Newman Toker, David E ^a   McDonald, Kathryn M ^b,c   Meltzer, David O ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CROWDING (AREA); DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DEFENSIVE MEDICINE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MORBIDITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROBABILITY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

COST-EFFECTIVENESS; DECISION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DIZZINESS; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL VALUES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884547113     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2012-001616     Document Type: Review

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