Validity of discharge diagnoses in the surveillance of stroke

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 185-188

  Ramalle Gomara, Enrique ^a,e   Ruiz, Elena ^a   Serrano, Marta ^b   Bartulos, Monica ^b,d   Gonzalez, Maria Angeles ^a   Matute, Belinda ^c  

^a La Rioja Regional Authority   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL SAN PEDRO   (Spain)

^c Department of Neurology   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE BURGOS   (Spain)

^e Dirección General de Salud Pública y Consumo Gobierno de la Rioja   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disease; Epidemiology; ICD 9 CM; Minimum Basic Data Set; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; GOLD STANDARD; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ICD-9-CM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGIST; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ALGORITHMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; STROKE;

EID: 84890092764     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: 14230208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000354626     Document Type: Article

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