Association between primary care physician diagnostic knowledge and death, hospitalisation and emergency department visits following an outpatient visit at risk for diagnostic error: a retrospective cohort study using medicare claims
Objective Diagnostic error is a key healthcare concern and can result in substantial morbidity and mortality. Yet no study has investigated the relationship between adverse outcomes resulting from diagnostic errors and one potentially large contributor to these errors: deficiencies in diagnostic kno...
Main Authors: | Bradley M Gray, Jonathan L Vandergrift, Rebecca S Lipner |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2021-04-01
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Series: | BMJ Open |
Online Access: | https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/4/e041817.full |
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