Accuracy of administrative billing codes to detect urinary tract infection hospitalizations

Pediatrics

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 323-330

  Tieder, Joel S ^a,b   Hall, Matthew ^c   Auger, Katherine A ^d   Hain, Paul D ^e   Jerardi, Karen E ^d   Myers, Angela L ^f   Rahman, Suraiya S ^f   Williams, Derek J ^e   Shah, Samir S ^g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Child Health Corporation of America   (United States)

^d CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MONROE CARELL JR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT VANDERBILT   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^g CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital performance; Length of stay; Quality improvement; Quality of care; Urinary tract infections

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HOSPITAL BILLING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL CODING; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 80051487192     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-2064     Document Type: Article

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