Statewide Hospital Discharge Data: Collection, Use, Limitations, and Improvements

Health Services Research

Volumn 50, Issue S1, 2015, Pages 1273-1299

  Andrews, Roxanne M ^a  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrative data; clinical data; ethnicity; hospital; race

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DATA PROCESSING; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE DATABASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; RACE; ANCESTRY GROUP; ETHNIC GROUP; FACTUAL DATABASE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; PATIENT DISCHARGE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY;

EID: 84937978004     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12343     Document Type: Article

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