Drug overdose surveillance using hospital discharge data

Public Health Reports

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 437-445

  Slavova, Svetla ^a,b   Bunn, Terry L ^a,b   Talbert, Jeffery ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c University of Kentucky   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONSENSUS; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ICD-9-CM; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTOXICATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANALGESICS; ANTICOAGULANTS; CLINICAL CODING; DRUG OVERDOSE; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; KENTUCKY; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; POISONING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; STREET DRUGS;

EID: 84906811017     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491412900507     Document Type: Article

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