Limitations to diagnostic coding accuracy in emergency departments: Implications for research and audits of care: Letter to the Editor

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 91-92

  Spillane, Ilse M H ^a   Krieser, David ^a,b   Dalton, Sarah ^c   Heinrich, Liesl ^d   Babl, Franz E ^d,e  

^a Emergency Department   (United States)

^b Joseph Epstein Centre for Emergency Research   (United States)

^c SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY WARD; LETTER; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STAFF; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRAINING;

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL CODING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77049119255     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2009.01263.x     Document Type: Letter

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