An intervention to improve cause-of-death reporting in New York city hospitals, 2009-2010

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Madsen, Ann ^a   Thihalolipavan, Sayone ^b   Maduro, Gil ^b   Zimmerman, Regina ^b   Koppaka, Ram ^a,c   Li, Wenhui ^b   Foster, Victoria ^b   Begier, Elizabeth ^b  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^b Department of Health and Mental Hygiene ^*  (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLASSIFICATION; CODING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL STAFF; MORTALITY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ALGORITHMS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL CODING; DEATH CERTIFICATES; HEART DISEASES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NEW YORK CITY; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84870464789     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5888/pcd9.120071     Document Type: Article

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