Potential Effect of Coding Differences on Comparisons of Rural and Urban Outcomes.
Department of Pharmacy Practice, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska.
Gary L
GL
Cochran
International Severity Information Systems, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah.|Institute for Clinical Outcomes Research, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Susan D
SD
Horn
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015982:Bias; D059019:Clinical Coding / Q000379:methods*; D015986:Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic; D006769:Hospitals, General / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006780:Hospitals, Rural / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006786:Hospitals, Urban / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*