Characteristics of Patient Care Management Problems Identified in Emergency Department Morbidity and Mortality Investigations During 15 Years

 Supervising editor: Robert L. Wears, MD, MSAuthor contributions: KSC and RR conceived the study and obtained funding. KSC, RR, JS, and RDS designed the study. KSC, LP, CR, JS, S Sherman, IN, EC, ML, and S Schabowski were responsible for data acquisition. KSC, RR, IA, and RDS analyzed and interpreted the data. KSC and RR drafted the article and all authors contributed substantially to its revision. KSC, RR, IA, and RDS were responsible for statistical analysis. RR, LP, CR, JS, S Sherman, IN, EC, ML, S Schabowski, IA, and RDS provided administrative, technical, or material support. KSC and RR were responsible for overall study supervision. KSC and RR had full access to all the data and take responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. KSC takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article, that might create any potential conflict of interest. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement. This study was funded in part by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, grant number 5 P20 HS011552, and the Department of Emergency Medicine, Cook County Hospital (Stroger).Publication date: Available online October 15, 2007.

PII: S0196-0644(07)01252-8

doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.06.483

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