Accuracy of claims-based measures of severity of childhood illnesses

Health Outcomes Research in Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Alemi, Farrokh ^a   Uriyo, Maria ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrative data; Electronic health records; Length of stay; Pediatric illness; Resource utilization; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84860410993     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18771319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehrm.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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