Probabilistic linkage of computerized ambulance and inpatient hospital discharge records: a potential tool for evaluation of emergency medical services.

Dean, J M; Vernon, D D; Cook, L; Nechodom, P; Reading, J; Suruda, A

Dean, J M; Vernon, D D; Cook, L; Nechodom, P; Reading, J; Suruda, A.

Affiliation

Dean JM; Department of Pediatrics, Intermountain Injury Control Research Center, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84113, USA. mike.dean@hsc.utah.edu

Ann Emerg Med ; 37(6): 616-26, 2001 Jun.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11385330

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Ambulances/organization & administration; Database Management Systems; Health Services Research/methods; Information Systems/organization & administration; Inpatients/statistics & numerical data; Medical Record Linkage/methods; Medical Records Systems, Computerized/organization & administration; Patient Discharge/statistics & numerical data; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Child; Child, Preschool; Feasibility Studies; Female; Hospital Charges/statistics & numerical data; Hospital Mortality; Humans; Infant; Insurance, Health/statistics & numerical data; Length of Stay/statistics & numerical data; Male; Middle Aged; Morbidity; Outcome Assessment, Health Care; Patient Transfer/statistics & numerical data; Probability; Survival Analysis; Utah/epidemiology

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Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Patient Discharge / Database Management Systems / Information Systems / Medical Record Linkage / Ambulances / Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Health Services Research / Inpatients Type of study: Evaluation_studies Aspects: Implementation_research Limits: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Aged80 / Child / Child, preschool / Female / Humans / Infant / Male Country/Region as subject: America do norte Language: En Journal: Ann Emerg Med Year: 2001 Document type: Article Affiliation country: United States

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