title: Pilot study of the introduction of the J95 health data collection system.
abstract: J95 is a health data collection system aimed at gathering information on the weight of health problems facing the Army in order to allow rational and effective prioritization. Before implementing the system Army-wide, a pilot study has been undertaken to validate the J95 ICD 9-based classification system, to test the practical problems encountered with operating the system and its practical value to decision-makers. Both internal and external coding validity were tested in terms of agreement with a "gold standard' and in terms of repeatability and they scored highly. A number of problems were identified analysing discordances and using the comments raised by the participants. A final shortened version of the classification was developed accordingly. The report also contains a number of examples of the potential of the system which is due to be implemented by 1 January 1996.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Statistics, University of Pavia.
authors.forename: T O
authors.initials: TO
authors.lastname: Jefferson
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Demicheli
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Macmillan
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D008889:Military Personnel; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D018582:Sick Leave / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006113:United Kingdom