Implementation of ICD-10 in Canada: How has it impacted coded hospital discharge data'

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Walker, Robin L ^a   Hennessy, Deirdre A ^b   Johansen, Helen ^b   Sambell, Christie ^b   Lix, Lisa ^c   Quan, Hude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Administrative data; Canada; Coding; Hospital discharge data; Hospital records; International classification of disease version 10

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; CODING; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS;

ALGORITHMS; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL CODING; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL RECORDS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84861928005     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-149     Document Type: Article

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