North Carolina disease event tracking and epidemiologic collection tool (NC DETECT) and the national hospital ambulatory medical care survey (NHAMCS): Comparison of emergency department data

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 261-269

  Hakenewerth, Anne M ^a,c   Waller, Anna E ^b,c   Ising, Amy I ^b,c   Tintinalli, Judith E ^b,c  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c North Carolina Disease Event Tracking and Epidemiologic Collection Tool   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency care information systems; Public health surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY SAMPLE;

AMBULATORY CARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 62249155521     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00334.x     Document Type: Article

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