Coding geriatric syndromes: How good are we?

CME Journal Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-36

  Ugboma, Ike ^a   Syddall, Holly E ^b   Cox, Vanessa ^b   Cooper, Cyrus ^b   Briggs, Roger ^c   Sayer, Avan Aihie ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coding; Frailty; Geriatric syndromes; Routine data

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; CASE NOTE REVIEW; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DATA BASE; DISCHARGE SUMMARY; FALLING; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GERIATRIC SYNDROME; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL CODING; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; INCONTINENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; PATIENT CODING; PEPTIC ULCER; PNEUMONIA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

EID: 56749126637     PISSN: 14751453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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