Use of multiple data sources for surveillance of work-related amputations in Massachusetts, comparison with official estimates and implications for national surveillance

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1120-1132

  Davis, Letitia K ^a   Grattan, Kathleen M ^a   Tak, Sangwoo ^b   Bullock, Lucy F ^a   Ozonoff, Al ^c   Boden, Leslie I ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Injury surveillance; Undercounting; Underreporting; Work related amputations

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; CODING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; CLINICAL CODING; DATA COLLECTION; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; WORKERS' COMPENSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908200283     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22327     Document Type: Article

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