Analysis of recording and coding of smoking history for patients admitted to a regional hospital

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 65-66

  Malek, Sharafat ^a   McLean, Rick ^a   Webster, Emma ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Centre for Population Mental Health Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ERROR; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING;

FEMALE; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MEDICAL RECORDS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING;

EID: 33846216278     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2007.00852.x     Document Type: Article

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