Improving discharge data fidelity for use in large administrative databases

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Gologorsky, Yakov ^a   Knightly, John J ^b   Lu, Yi ^a   Chi, John H ^a   Groff, Michael W ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Atlantic Orthopedic Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Administrative database; Data fidelity; Diagnosis code; ICD 9 CM; Lumbar fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FUSION; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902463868     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.3.FOCUS1459     Document Type: Article

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