Missed diagnoses of acute myocardial infarction in the emergency department: Variation by patient and facility characteristics

Diagnosis

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 29-40

  Moy, Ernest ^a   Barrett, Marguerite ^b   Coffey, Rosanna ^c   Hines, Anika L ^c   Newman Toker, David E ^d  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^b ML Barrett Inc   (United States)

^c IBM WATSON HEALTH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; chest pain; diagnostic error; emergency department; health disparities; missed diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CARDIAC PATIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 85013621014     PISSN: 21948011     EISSN: 2194802X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/dx-2014-0053     Document Type: Article

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