Coding external causes of injuries: Problems and solutions

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 714-718

  McKenzie, Kirsten ^a   Enraght Moony, Emma ^a   Harding, Leith ^a   Walker, Sue ^a   Waller, Garry ^a   Chen, Linping ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical coders; External cause coding; Injury surveillance; Survey

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CLINICAL CODERS; EXTERNAL CAUSE CODING; INJURY SURVEILLANCE;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; DATA COLLECTION; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 40149083739     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2007.09.008     Document Type: Article

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