Design of a study on suboptimal cognitive acts in the diagnostic process, the effect on patient outcomes and the influence of workload, fatigue and experience of physician

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Diagnostic error is an important error type since diagnostic adverse events are regularly judged as being preventable and the consequences are considered to be severe. Existing research often focuses on either diagnostic adverse even...

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Main Authors: van der Wal Gerrit, Wagner Cordula, Thijs Abel, Zwaan Laura, Timmermans Daniëlle RM
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-04-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/9/65