A classification of diabetic foot infections using ICD-9-CM codes: Application to a large computerized medical database

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Fincke, Benjamin G ^a,b   Miller, Donald R ^a,b   Turpin, Robin ^c,d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DIABETIC FOOT; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; OBSERVATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; OBSERVATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 77955402546     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-192     Document Type: Article

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