Disparities in health information quality across the rural-urban continuum: Where is coded data more reliable?

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-8

  Lorence, Daniel ^a   Chen, Li ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Coding; Error; Evidence based; Population

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SUBURBAN AREA;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; MEDICAL RECORDS; QUALITY CONTROL; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 37849018189     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-007-9100-1     Document Type: Article

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