Do coder characteristics influence validity of ICD-10 hospital discharge data?

Do coder characteristics influence validity of ICD-10 hospital discharge data?

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Administrative data are widely used to study health systems and make important health policy decisions. Yet little is known about the influence of coder characteristics on administrative data validity in these studies. Our goal was t...

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Main Authors: Beck Cynthia A, Faris Peter D, Quan Hude, Hennessy Deirdre A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-04-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/10/99

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