Comparison of two computer algorithms to identify surgical site infections

Surgical Infections

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 459-464

  Apte, Mandar ^a   Landers, Timothy ^b   Furuya, Yoko ^a,c   Hyman, Sandra ^a   Larson, Elaine ^a,d  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL INFECTION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ALGORITHMS; DATA COLLECTION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; NEW YORK CITY; PATIENT READMISSION; REOPERATION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84555196249     PISSN: 10962964     EISSN: 15578674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/sur.2010.109     Document Type: Article

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