Regional Variation in Medical Classification Agreement: Benchmarking the Coding Gap
- 1 January 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Medical Systems
- Vol. 27 (5) , 435-443
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1025607805588
Abstract
The growing use of classification and coding of patient data in medical information systems has resulted in increased dependence on the accuracy of coding practices. Information maintained on systems...Keywords
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