Table 1 Variables studied
From: Identification of factors associated with diagnostic error in primary care
Independent variables | Dependent variables | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Physician | Setting | Patient | Suboptimal cognitive acts | Use of heuristics |
Age/Sex | Number of patients on list | Age/Sex | Lapses | Representativeness |
Years of experience | Number of patients attended | Nationality | Slips | Availability |
Speciality | Type of consultation | Profession | Mistakes | Anchoring and adjustment |
CME related to dyspnoea | Socioeconomic background | Education | Violations | |
Career level | Hospital referral | Employment | ||
Workload | Access to electronic medical record during physician-patient encounter | Morbidity | ||
Fatigue | ||||