Estimating person-based injury incidence: Accuracy of an algorithm to identify readmissions from hospital discharge data

Injury Prevention

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 338-342

  Davie, Gabrielle ^a   Samaranayaka, Ari ^a   Langley, John D ^a   Barson, Dave ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; CHILD; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053052348     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2011-040090     Document Type: Review

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