Error codes at autopsy to study potential biases in diagnostic error.

Bruce I Goldman; Rajnish Bharadwaj; Michelle Fuller; Tanzy Love; Leon Metlay; Caroline Dignan

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Error codes at autopsy to study potential biases in diagnostic error.

January 10, 2024

Goldman BI, Bharadwaj R, Fuller M, et al. Diagnosis (Berl). 2023;10(4):375-382.

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Autopsies are integral to detection of major diagnostic errors (DE). In this study, 852 autopsies containing one or more DE were investigated for potential gender and/or racial bias. From 2012-2015, DE rates were higher for women compared to men, but no significant effect of race was observed. From 2015-2019, however, there were no significant differences by gender, but patients identified as non-white showed higher rates of DE.

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