Diagnostic error in a national incident reporting system in the UK.

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Diagnostic error in a national incident reporting system in the UK.

September 8, 2010

Sevdalis N, Jacklin R, Arora S, et al. J Eval Clin Pract. 2010;16:1276-81.

This study found a 0.5% diagnostic error rate among events filed as incident reports, with the greatest harm associated with events occurring in the emergency department.

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