A statistical analysis of 'rule-out' diagnoses in outpatient health insurance claims in Japan

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1070-1074

  Tanihara, Shinichi ^a   Okamoto, Etsuji ^b   Une, Hiroshi ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

additional diagnosis; health insurance claims; principal diagnosis; rule out diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEOPLASM; NEWBORN; OUTPATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL INSURANCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; INSURANCE, HEALTH; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80755168320     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2010.01482.x     Document Type: Article

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