ALiEM Journal Club Question 1: Bias

Posted by Michelle Lin, MD on Nov 19, 2013

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.

PDF of article
PDF of entire list of Annals journal club questions

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

Author information

Michelle Lin, MD

ALiEM Founder and CEO
Professor and Digital Innovation Lab Director
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of California, San Francisco

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