The discrepancy between admission and discharge diagnoses: Underlying factors and potential clinical outcomes in a low socioeconomic country

Samar Fatima; Sara Shamim; Amna Subhan Butt; Safia Awan; Simra Riffat; Muhammad Tariq

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0253316

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The discrepancy between admission and discharge diagnoses: Underlying factors and potential clinical outcomes in a low socioeconomic country

Samar Fatima ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: samar.fatima@aku.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Section of Internal Medicine, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4617-129X

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Sara Shamim,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Section of Internal Medicine, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4466-1364

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Amna Subhan Butt,

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Section of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
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Safia Awan,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Validation

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
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Simra Riffat,

Roles Investigation, Software

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Section of Internal Medicine, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
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Muhammad Tariq

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Section of Internal Medicine, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
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The discrepancy between admission and discharge diagnoses: Underlying factors and potential clinical outcomes in a low socioeconomic country

Samar Fatima,
Sara Shamim,
Amna Subhan Butt,
Safia Awan,
Simra Riffat,
Muhammad Tariq

Published: June 15, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253316

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