Injury Coding and Hospital Discharge Data

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 262, Issue 16, 1989, Pages 2270-2272

  Sniezek, Joseph E ^a   Finklea, John F ^b   Graitcer, Philip L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ASPECT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING; DATA COLLECTION; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PATIENT DISCHARGE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0024463044     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1989.03430160092037     Document Type: Article

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