Improved accuracy of co-morbidity coding over time after the introduction of ICD-10 administrative data

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Januel, Jean Marie ^a   Luthi, Jean Christophe ^a,b   Quan, Hude ^d,e   Borst, François ^c   Taffé, Patrick ^a   Ghali, William A ^d,e   Burnand, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b Health Observatory   (Switzerland)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Administrative Data; Agreement; Co morbidity; ICD 10

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CODING; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; STANDARD; SWITZERLAND; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

CLINICAL CODING; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 80051783235     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-194     Document Type: Article

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