Agreement between emergency room and discharge diagnoses in a population of injured inpatients: Determinants and mortality

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1207-1214

  Farchi, Sara ^a   Camilloni, Laura ^a   Rossi, Paolo Giorgi ^a   Chini, Francesco ^a   Lori, Giuliano ^a   Tancioni, Valeria ^a   Papini, Paolo ^a   Borgia, Piero ^a   Guasticchi, Gabriella ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Emergency; Epidemiology; Injury; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34248374821     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000221538.00856.b9     Document Type: Article

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