Consensus development and application of ICD-9-CM codes for defining chronic illnesses and their complications

Disease Management and Health Outcomes

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 315-322

  Linden, Ariel ^a   Biuso, Thomas J ^b   Allada, Gopal ^c   Barker, Alan F ^c   Cigarroa, Joaquin ^c   Haranath, Sai Praveen ^c   Rinkevich, Diana ^c   Stajduhar, Karl ^c  

^a LINDEN CONSULTING GROUP   (United States)

^b UNITED HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma, assessment; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, assessment; Congestive heart failure, assessment; Coronary artery disease, assessment; Cost analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CARDIOLOGIST; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONSENSUS; CONSULTATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST; DELPHI STUDY; E-MAIL; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; VALIDITY;

EID: 35348850363     PISSN: 11738790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00115677-200715050-00006     Document Type: Article

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