Individual and public health consequences associated with a missed diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in the emergency department: A retrospective cohort study.

Individual and public health consequences associated with a missed diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in the emergency department: A retrospective cohort study.

<h4>Objectives</h4>To determine: i) the emergency department (ED) utilization history of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) patients, and ii) the potential individual and public health consequences of a missed diagnosis of PTB in this setting.<h4>Design</h4>Retrospective observatio...

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Main Authors: Courtney Heffernan, Catherine Paulsen, Leyla Asadi, Mary-Lou Egedahl, Brian H Rowe, James Barrie, Richard Long
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0248493&type=printable
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