Bias in the coding of hospital discharge data and its implications for quality assessment

Medical Care

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 81-90

  Romano, Patrick S ^a   Mark, David H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCUMENTATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CALIFORNIA; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0027991482     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199401000-00006     Document Type: Article

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