Incompleteness of Reporting of Laboratory-Confirmed Chlamydial Infection by Providers Affiliated with a Managed Care Organization, 1997-1999

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 139-142

  Tao, Guoyu ^a   Carr, Peter ^b   Stiffman, Michael ^c   Defor, Terese A ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c HEALTHPARTNERS INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; DATA BASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CODING; REGISTER; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ALGORITHMS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; HUMANS; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MINNESOTA; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 1342329962     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.OLQ.0000114939.59394.37     Document Type: Article

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