Use of administrative data for the identificationof laboratory-confirmed influenza infection: The validity ofinfluenza-specific ICD-9 codes

Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 63-66

  Feemster, Kristen A ^a,b   Leckerman, Kateri H ^a   Middleton, Maria ^a   Zerr, Danielle M ^c   Elward, Alexis M ^d   Newland, Jason G ^e   Asti, Lindsey ^f   Guth, Rebecca M ^d   Selvarangan, Rangaraj ^e   Coffin, Susan E ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic health record; Influenza surveillance; Pediatric health information system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84949131186     PISSN: 20487193     EISSN: 20487207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpids/pis052     Document Type: Article

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