Completeness of cause of injury coding in healthcare administrative databases in the United States, 2001

Injury Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 199-201

  Coben, J H ^a   Steiner, C A ^b   Barrett, M ^c   Merrill, C T ^d   Adamson, D ^d  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^c ML Barrett Inc   (United States)

^d MEDSTAT GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FACTUAL DATABASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MEDICAL RECORD; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33745838631     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2005.010512     Document Type: Article

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