Miscoding: A threat to the hospital care system. How to detect it?

Revue d'Epidemiologie et de Sante Publique

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 169-177

  Aelvoet, W H ^a,b,c   Terryn, N ^a   Windey, F ^a   Redivo, M ^a   van Sprundel, M ^b   Faes, C ^d  

^a Federal Service of Health   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Administrative data; Case mix; Miscoding; Prospective payment system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FORGERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL SERVICE; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR SYSTEM; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; BELGIUM; BENCHMARKING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 68949163190     PISSN: 03987620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respe.2009.02.206     Document Type: Article

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