Sources of coding discrepancies in injury morbidity data: Implications for injury surveillance

International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-60

  McKenzie, Kirsten ^a   McClure, Roderick John ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coding; Data quality; External cause; ICD 10 AM

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD;

FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL AUDIT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VICTORIA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77249116461     PISSN: 17457300     EISSN: 17457319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17457300903308324     Document Type: Article

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