Linkage of health and aged care service events: Comparing linkage and event selection methods

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Karmel, Rosemary ^a   Rosman, Diana ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SERVICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

DATA COLLECTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 48349143651     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-149     Document Type: Article

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