Do Emergency Department Patients Receive a Pathological Diagnosis? A Nationally-Representative Sample

Introduction: Understanding the cause of patients’ symptoms often requires identifying a pathological diagnosis. A single-center study found that many patients discharged from the emergency department (ED) do not receive a pathological diagnosis. We analyzed 17 years of data from the National Hospit...

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Main Authors: Wen, Leana S., Espinola, Janice A., Mosowsky, Joshua M., Camargo, Carlos A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2015-01-01
Series:Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
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Online Access:http://escholarship.org/uc/item/06v6n5gb