The incidence and cost of unexpected hospital use after scheduled outpatient endoscopy.

Daniel A. Leffler; Rakhi Kheraj; Sagar Garud; Naama Neeman; Larry A. Nathanson; Ciaran P. Kelly; Mandeep Sawhney; Bruce E. Landon; Richard Doyle; Stanley Rosenberg; Mark Aronson

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The incidence and cost of unexpected hospital use after scheduled outpatient endoscopy.

November 10, 2010

Leffler DA, Kheraj R, Garud S, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2010;170(19):1752-7.

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An automated surveillance system within an existing electronic medical record detected many more post-procedural adverse events than standard voluntary reporting.

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