Hospital discharge databases in the surveillance of infectious diseases: Is their use warranted?

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 59-62

  Koutsavlis, Athanasios Tom ^a  

^a Montreal Reg Pub Health Department   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AUTOMATION; BACTEREMIA; DATA BASE; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; REGISTER; SEPSIS; SEPTICEMIA;

EID: 0034937275     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1201-9712(01)90026-8     Document Type: Editorial

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