Accuracy of hospital discharge coding data for the surveillance of drain-related meningitis

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 433-436

  van Mourik, Maaike S M ^a   Troelstra, Annet ^a   Moons, Karel G M ^a   Bonten, Marc J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENINGITIS; PATIENT CODING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DRAINAGE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MENINGITIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84874860505     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/669867     Document Type: Article

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