Identifying in-hospital venous thromboembolism (VTE): A comparison of claims-based approaches with the rochester epidemiology project VTE cohort

Medical Care

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 127-132

  Leibson, Cynthia L ^a,d   Needleman, Jack ^b   Buerhaus, Peter ^c   Heit, John A ^a   Melton III, L Joseph ^a   Naessens, James M ^a   Bailey, Kent R ^a   Petterson, Tanya M ^a   Ransom, Jeanine E ^a   Harris, Marcelline R ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrative data; Complications of care; Presenton admission indicator; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INSURANCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICARE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GROUP PRACTICE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; RISK ADJUSTMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 38549113615     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181589b92     Document Type: Article

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