Missouri’s emergency department e-code data reporting: A New Level of Data Resource for Injury Prevention and Control

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 8-16

  Muelleman, Robert L ^a   Watson, William A ^a   Land, Garland H ^b   Davis, James D ^c   Hoskins, Barbara S ^c  

^a TRUMAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b State of Missouri Department of Health   (United States)

^c MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

E code; Emergency department; Injury; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0031265513     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: 15505022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124784-199711000-00006     Document Type: Article

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