Seasonality of Discrepancies between Admission and Discharge Diagnosis for Medicare Patients

Admission and discharge diagnoses of in-hospital patients are often in discord. Incorrect admission diagnoses are related to an increased cost of care and patient safety. Additionally, due to the seasonality of many conditions, this discord may vary across the year. In this paper, we used medical cl...

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Main Authors: Aashara Shrestha, Dimitrios Zikos, Leonidas Fegaras
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-11-01
Series:Technologies
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7080/6/4/111