Regional and temporal variations in coding of hospital diagnoses referring to upper gastrointestinal and oesophageal bleeding in Germany

• Autori principali: Garbe Edeltraut (Autore), Mikolajczyk Rafael (Autore), Langner Ingo (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: BMC, 2011-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Soggetti: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Health insurance claims data are increasingly used for health services research in Germany. Hospital diagnoses in these data are coded according to the International Classification of Diseases, German modification (ICD-10-GM). Due to...