Performance of automated and manual coding systems for occupational data: A case study of historical records

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 228-231

  Patel, Mehul D ^a   Rose, Kathryn M ^a   Owens, Cindy R ^a   Bang, Heejung ^b   Kaufman, Jay S ^c  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automatic data processing; Computer systems; Occupation classification; Occupational coding; Social class

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CLASSIFICATION; CODING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; VALIDATION STUDY;

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; BIRTH CERTIFICATES; CENSUSES; CLINICAL CODING; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84856950657     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22005     Document Type: Article

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