National assessment of validity of coding of acute mastoiditis: A standardised reassessment of 1966 records

Clinical Otolaryngology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 130-135

  Stalfors, J ^a   Enoksson, F ^b   Hermansson, A ^c   Hultcrantz, M ^d   Robinson, Å ^a   Stenfeldt, K ^c   Groth, A ^e  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b HELSINGBORG HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e Strama Skane   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; EXTERNAL OTITIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; ICD-9; INTERNAL VALIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTOIDITIS; MEDICAL RECORD; OTORRHEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACUTE DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MASTOIDITIS; OTITIS MEDIA; PATIENT DISCHARGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 84876306175     PISSN: 17494478     EISSN: 17494486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/coa.12108     Document Type: Article

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