The wrong diagnosis: identifying causes of potentially adverse events in general practice using incident monitoring.
Open Access
- 1 August 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Family Practice
- Vol. 15 (4) , 308-318
- https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/15.4.308
Abstract
Although recognized by both patients and practitioners as a highly undesirable outcome, little is known about the factors which contribute to wrong diagnoses. Data collected through a pilot study of incident monitoring in general practice in Australia were examined to identify possible types of diagnostic incidents and their likely causes.Keywords
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