Health information management: An introduction to disease classification and coding

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 307-310

  Mony, Prem Kumar ^a   Nagaraj, C ^b  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^b GOVERNMENT OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CODING; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; INDIA; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MANPOWER; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PHYSICIAN; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMANS; INDIA; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES;

EID: 39049120866     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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