Childhood asthma surveillance using administrative data: Consistency between medical billing and hospital discharge diagnoses

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 188-192

  Labrèche, France ^a,b   Kosatsky, Tom ^a   Przybysz, Raymond ^a  

^a Public Health Department of Montreal   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Administrative data; Childhood asthma; Hospital admissions; Medical visits; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANADA; CHILD; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BILLING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 48449084979     PISSN: 11982241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2008/412809     Document Type: Article

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