Stroke tracked by administrative coding data: Is it fair?

Stroke

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1766-1768

  Sacco, Simona ^a   Pistoia, Francesca ^a   Carolei, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

administrative coding data; diagnosis; epidemiology; stroke

Indexed keywords

BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CODING; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADMINISTRATIVE CODING DATA; DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; STROKE;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE;

EID: 84879901951     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.001742     Document Type: Editorial

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