Extent and consequences of misclassified injury diagnoses in a national hospital discharge registry

Injury Prevention

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 108-113

  Bergström, Monica Frick ^a   Byberg, Liisa ^a   Melhus, Håkan ^a   Michaelsson, Karl ^a   Gedeborg, Rolf ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REGISTER; REVIEW; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; REGISTRIES; ROC CURVE; SWEDEN; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79953284176     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2010.028951     Document Type: Review

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