Is the TMPM-ICD9 revolution in trauma risk-adjustment compatible with imperfect administrative coding?

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1955-1959

  Di Bartolomeo, Stefano ^a   Ventura, Chiara ^b   Marino, Massimiliano ^b   Chieregato, Arturo ^c   Gambale, Giorgio ^d   Fabbri, Andrea ^d   Volpi, Annalisa ^e   De Palma, Rossana ^b  

^a Udine/Regional Health Agency of Emilia Romagna   (Italy)

^b Regional Health Agency of Emilia Romagna   (Italy)

^c AUSL Cesena   (Italy)

^d Ospedale GB Morgagni L Pierantoni   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abbreviated injury scale; Health care evaluation mechanisms; Injury severity score; International classification of diseases; Registries; Trauma severity indices; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASE; REGISTRIES; SEVERITY INDEX; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

CALIBRATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISKS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION;

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE);

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK ADJUSTMENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79961167733     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2011.05.013     Document Type: Article

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