Cerebrovascular disease as a general medicine discharge diagnosis: Assessment of diagnostic agreement on case note review

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 319-323

  Lunt, H ^a   Beard, M E J ^a   Wilson, M A ^a   Kendall, D ^a   Frampton, C M ^a  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disease; Clinical coding; Diagnosis related groups (DRGs)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT CODING; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

EID: 0033035505     PISSN: 00048291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1999.tb00714.x     Document Type: Article

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