A classification of hospital-acquired diagnoses for use with routine hospital data

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 191, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 544-548

  Jackson, Terri J ^a   Michel, Jude L ^a   Roberts, Rosemary F ^a   Jorm, Christine M ^b   Wakefield, John G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

FEMALE; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL RECORDS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VICTORIA;

EID: 73649099436     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb03307.x     Document Type: Article

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