Open AccessProblems of case finding and data collection in ambulatory care settings.
Author(s) -
Edmund C. Neuhaus,
Thomas F. Lyons,
Beverly C. Payne
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.70.3.282
Subject(s) - ambulatory , data collection , coding (social sciences) , medical care , ambulatory care , identification (biology) , medicine , medical record , medical emergency , family medicine , health care , statistics , surgery , botany , mathematics , economics , biology , economic growth
The experience gained in a four-year ambulatory care study suggests that major problems of patient care data collection include: 1) Difficulties in obtaining listings of patients by diagnosis/condition that accurately reflect the actual practice experience; 2) Inaccurate coding or identification of the reason for patient visits; and 3) Inability to find the medical record within the system. Data presented here suggest there are certain regularities in completion rates characteristic of research sites and of diagnostic categories.