Continuous training as a key to increase the accuracy of administrative data

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 371-377

  Lorenzoni, Luca ^a   Cas, Roberto Da ^a   Aparo, Ugo Luigi ^a  

^a LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Administrative data; Quality control; Training and education

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ERROR; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TRAINING;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MEDICAL RECORDS; MEDICAL RECORDS DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PATIENT DISCHARGE; QUALITY CONTROL; ROME; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 0033669014     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2753.2000.00265.x     Document Type: Article

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