The misdiagnosis severity score and doctors' perception of the severity of diagnostic errors.
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چکیده
OBJECTIVE To test the previously described misdiagnosis severity score (MSS) by comparing it with doctors' perceptions of the severity of diagnostic errors. METHODS 14 scenarios of diagnostic errors were described on a questionnaire. These were given to 12 accident and emergency (A&E) consultants who were asked to indicate their assessment of the severity of the errors on a scale of 1 to 10. RESULTS There was a highly significant concordance between doctors' rankings of the diagnostic errors, and between the MSS and the mean severity as assessed by the A&E consultants. CONCLUSIONS It is reasonable to use the MSS as a measure of the severity of diagnostic errors.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of accident & emergency medicine
دوره 14 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1997