A comprehensive set of coded chief complaints for the emergency department

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 980-989

  Aronsky, D ^a   Kendall, D ^a   Merkley, K ^a   James, B C ^a   Haug, P J ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Charting; Chief complaints; Coding; Computerized records; Continuous quality improvement; Patient records

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PUBLIC OPINION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85047699777     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2001.tb01098.x     Document Type: Article

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