Bias in the coding of hospital discharge data and its implications for quality assessment

Med Care. 1994 Jan;32(1):81-90. doi: 10.1097/00005650-199401000-00006.

Authors

P S Romano¹, D H Mark

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, University of California Davis School of Medicine.

PMID: 8277803
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199401000-00006

No abstract available

Publication types

Comparative Study
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Abstracting and Indexing / standards
Bias
California
Comorbidity
Demography
Female
Health Services Research / standards
Hospital Mortality*
Humans
Logistic Models
Male
Medical Records / classification*
Middle Aged
Outcome Assessment, Health Care / statistics & numerical data*
Patient Discharge / statistics & numerical data*
Reproducibility of Results
Risk Management / statistics & numerical data
Sensitivity and Specificity