Evaluation of Diagnostic Codes in Morbidity and Mortality Data Sources for Heat-Related Illness Surveillance.

Objectives: The primary objective of this study was to identify patients with heat-related illness (HRI) using codes for heat-related injury diagnosis and external cause of injury in 3 administrative data sets: emergency department (ED) visit records, hospital discharge records, and death certificat...

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Publicado en:Public Health Reports Vol. 132; no. 3; pp. 326 - 336
Autores principales: Morano, Laurel Harduar, Watkins, Sharon
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Sage Publications Inc. May/Jun2017
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