Hospital discharge data: Can it serve as the sole source of case ascertainment for population-based birth defects surveillance programs?

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 245-251

  Wang, Ying ^a,b   Cross, Philip K ^a   Druschel, Charlotte M ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Case ascertainment; Congenital Malformations Registry; Hospital discharge data; SPARCS

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL DISORDER; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REGISTER; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL RECORDS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEW YORK; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77951015629     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e3181b0b8a7     Document Type: Article

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