The accuracy of present-on-admission reporting in administrative data

Health Services Research

Volumn 46, Issue 6 PART 1, 2011, Pages 1946-1962

  Elizabeth Goldman, L ^a   Chu, Philip W ^a   Osmond, Dennis ^a   Bindman, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

accuracy; administrative data; hospitals; Present on admission; quality measurement

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENT REPORT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RISK; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RISK ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 81755181524     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2011.01300.x     Document Type: Article

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