A novel method for the assessment of the accuracy of diagnostic codes in general surgery

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 293-296

  Gibson, N ^a   Bridgman, S A ^a,b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Springfields   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Data collection standards; Information systems; Medical records system, computerised; Operative; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA BASE; ERROR; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT CODING; QUALITY CONTROL;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING; ADMITTING DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE; ENGLAND; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PATIENT ADMISSION; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 0031872825     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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