Do inadequacies in ICD-10-AM activity coded data lead to underestimates of the population frequency of sports/leisure injuries?

Injury Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 202-204

  Finch, Caroline F ^a,b   Boufous, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LEISURE; MEDICAL RECORD; SPORT INJURY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 45249099348     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2007.017251     Document Type: Article

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