Using medical services claims to assess injuries in the elderly: Sensitivity of diagnostic and procedure codes for injury ascertainment

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 183-194

  Tamblyn, Robyn ^a,b   Reid, Tracey ^b   Mayo, Nancy ^a,b   McLeod, Peter ^b   Churchill Smith, Michael ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elderly; Injury; Outcome; Physician claims; Validation

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DOCUMENTATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FRACTURE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL BILLING; HUMAN; INJURY; LACERATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SERVICE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; QUEBEC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATE MEDICINE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0034059363     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(99)00136-5     Document Type: Article

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