To compound this misdiagnosis, The Economist proffers medicine that would do more harm than good.
One in 20 hospitalized patients will die because of misdiagnosis, studies cited in the book show.
It's very sensitive and avoided a lot more misdiagnosis than the Glasgow Coma Scale.
As things stand, they say misdiagnosis commonly results in children being labelled as inattentive or lacking in motivation.
But many of the anecdotal tales of misdiagnosis and malpractice had little to do with seasonal pressures and resource shortages.
As well as the misdiagnosis of mental health problems there have been other extreme consequences to the attribution of possession.
They say that taking a closer look at behavior outside the classroom might also help reduce the risk of a misdiagnosis.
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She said they needed greater protection as they are particularly vulnerable to "exclusion, institutionalisation, deprivation, physical harm, abuse, misdiagnosis and ineffective intervention".
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It was widely used until about 2000 to classify a patient's level of consciousness, but Schnakers says it may contribute to misdiagnosis.
They are so similar that in some areas there is often misdiagnosis.
Schnakers said that using standardized tests could reduce incidents of misdiagnosis.
When he sued New York's Montefiore Medical Center and three doctors on behalf of Kevin Smith, an adult, claiming a misdiagnosis caused a stroke, things got crazy.
This is a quintessential misdiagnosis of a problem, and I submit that the same mistake would have been made by a broad cross section of big firm leaders.
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Caroline Schnakers, who carried out the research with Laureys, told CNN that one probable reason for the high rate of misdiagnosis is that doctors often base their diagnosis on observations of a patient's behavior, rather than assessing patients using standardized tests.
Ms Evans listed the common problems that rare disease suffers face: "Access to timely diagnosis, misdiagnosis, lack of access to information, poor coordination of care, problematic transition from children's to adult services, poor access to treatment, lack of research and inequality of provisions".
Dr. Nicholas Schiff, of the Weill Cornell Medical Center, in New York, told CNN that the risk of misdiagnosis is increased because a patient's condition can change over a long period and the transition from VS to MS often takes place outside the time window of careful assessment.
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