Asking too much of administrative data? (multiple letters)

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 337-338

  Romano, Patrick S ^a  

^a Division of Emergency Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA BASE; LETTER; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT INFORMATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

DATABASES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0037326815     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(02)01761-1     Document Type: Letter

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