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Published in: BMC Health Services Research 1/2008

Open Access 01-12-2008 | Meeting abstract

ATC -> ICD – evaluating the reliability of prognoses for ICD-10 diagnoses derived from the ATC-Code of prescriptions

Authors: Andrea Weisser, Gottfried Endel, Peter Filzmoser, Michael Gyimesi

Published in: BMC Health Services Research | Special Issue 1/2008

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Currently, the lack of standardized, reliable and systematic coding of diagnoses in the Austrian outpatient sector renders the availability of valid epidemiological data impossible. Moreover, diagnoses are the basis for an assessment of the cost-effectiveness, a quality monitoring and the calculation of Diagnosis Related Groups (DRG). Therefore, the department for Evidence Based Health Care in the Main Association of the Austrian Social Insurance Institutions has initiated a project to obtain valid diagnoses from the outpatient sector. …
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Title
ATC -> ICD – evaluating the reliability of prognoses for ICD-10 diagnoses derived from the ATC-Code of prescriptions
Authors
Andrea Weisser
Gottfried Endel
Peter Filzmoser
Michael Gyimesi
Publication date
01-12-2008
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Health Services Research / Issue Special Issue 1/2008
Electronic ISSN: 1472-6963
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-8-S1-A10

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