Childhood Asthma Surveillance using Administrative Data: Consistency between Medical Billing and Hospital Discharge Diagnoses
BACKGROUND: The absence of ongoing surveillance for childhood asthma in Montreal, Quebec, prompted the present investigation to assess the validity and practicality of administrative databases as a foundation for surveillance.
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| spelling | doaj-art-eb0430aeb83c483fa15b43e982268ab82025-02-03T06:45:26ZengWileyCanadian Respiratory Journal1198-22412008-01-0115418819210.1155/2008/412809Childhood Asthma Surveillance using Administrative Data: Consistency between Medical Billing and Hospital Discharge DiagnosesFrance Labrèche0Tom Kosatsky1Raymond Przybysz2Montreal Department of Public Health, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaMontreal Department of Public Health, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaMontreal Department of Public Health, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaBACKGROUND: The absence of ongoing surveillance for childhood asthma in Montreal, Quebec, prompted the present investigation to assess the validity and practicality of administrative databases as a foundation for surveillance.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/412809 |
| spellingShingle | France Labrèche Tom Kosatsky Raymond Przybysz Childhood Asthma Surveillance using Administrative Data: Consistency between Medical Billing and Hospital Discharge Diagnoses Canadian Respiratory Journal |
| title | Childhood Asthma Surveillance using Administrative Data: Consistency between Medical Billing and Hospital Discharge Diagnoses |
| title_full | Childhood Asthma Surveillance using Administrative Data: Consistency between Medical Billing and Hospital Discharge Diagnoses |
| title_fullStr | Childhood Asthma Surveillance using Administrative Data: Consistency between Medical Billing and Hospital Discharge Diagnoses |
| title_full_unstemmed | Childhood Asthma Surveillance using Administrative Data: Consistency between Medical Billing and Hospital Discharge Diagnoses |
| title_short | Childhood Asthma Surveillance using Administrative Data: Consistency between Medical Billing and Hospital Discharge Diagnoses |
| title_sort | childhood asthma surveillance using administrative data consistency between medical billing and hospital discharge diagnoses |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/412809 |
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