For the ALiEM – Annals of EM global journal club on the article “Emergency Department Computed Tomography Utilization in the United States and Canada”, discuss question number 1 on the topic of bias:
The authors use distinct methods for tallying computed tomography (CT) use in the 2 countries. List the biases that could occur in counting CTs by each method.
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Links to the other ALiEMJC questions
- Q2. Estimation of CT Count
- Q3. Malpractice and CT Use
- Q4. Reimbursement Tied to Diagnosis
- Q5. Home page of ALiEM JC and all other discussion of this article