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Table 2 Inclusion and exclusion criteria

From: Learning from diagnostic errors to improve patient safety when GPs work in or alongside emergency departments: incorporating realist methodology into patient safety incident report analysis

Inclusion criteria

• Reports describing diagnostic errors related to GP services in or alongside emergency departments

Exclusion criteria

• Reports involving community ‘in-hours’ or ‘out-of-hours’ GP service provision not occurring at the same geographical location either within or alongside emergency departments

• Diagnostic errors occurring during usual emergency department service provision