Development of an algorithm to identify pregnancy episodes in an integrated health care delivery system

Health Services Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 908-927

  Hornbrook, Mark C ^a   Whitlock, Evelyn P ^a   Berg, Cynthia J ^b   Callaghan, William M ^b   Bachman, Donald J ^a   Gold, Rachel ^a,c   Bruce, F Carol ^b   Dietz, Patricia M ^b   Williams, Selvi B ^a,c  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Episode grouper software; Maternal morbidities; Pregnancy; Research methods; Validity studies

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LABORATORY TEST; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MEDICAL RECORD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SCHOOL CHILD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SOFTWARE VALIDATION;

EID: 33947096048     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2006.00635.x     Document Type: Article

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