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Comment
. 2023 Sep;38(12):2839.
doi: 10.1007/s11606-023-08266-5. Epub 2023 Jun 9.

Prevalence and Causes of Diagnostic Errors in Hospitalized Patients Under Investigation for COVID-19

Ophir Freund  1 , Shir Frydman  2
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Prevalence and Causes of Diagnostic Errors in Hospitalized Patients Under Investigation for COVID-19

Ophir Freund et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2023 Sep.
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  • Prevalence and Causes of Diagnostic Errors in Hospitalized Patients Under Investigation for COVID-19.
    Auerbach AD, Astik GJ, O'Leary KJ, Barish PN, Kantor MA, Raffel KR, Ranji SR, Mueller SK, Burney SN, Galinsky J, Gershanik EF, Goyal A, Chitneni PR, Rastegar S, Esmaili AM, Fenton C, Virapongse A, Ngov LK, Burden M, Keniston A, Patel H, Gupta AB, Rohde J, Marr R, Greysen SR, Fang M, Shah P, Mao F, Kaiksow F, Sterken D, Choi JJ, Contractor J, Karwa A, Chia D, Lee T, Hubbard CC, Maselli J, Dalal AK, Schnipper JL. Auerbach AD, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2023 Jun;38(8):1902-1910. doi: 10.1007/s11606-023-08176-6. Epub 2023 Mar 23. J Gen Intern Med. 2023. PMID: 36952085 Free PMC article.

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