How much risk are emergency department patients willing to accept to avoid diagnostic testing

Objectives: There is a paucity of research evaluating the risk tolerance of Emergency Department (ED) patients. We hypothesized that a significant percentage of ED patients surveyed would be comfortable with ≥5% risk of adverse outcome if they avoided testing in several hypothetical scenarios. Mater...

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Main Authors: Jeremy Padalecki, K. Tom Xu, Cynthia Smith, Lynn Carrasco, Justin Hensley, Peter B. Richman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-03-01
Series:Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452247316301625