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3927014

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-9-26
pubmed:abstractText
The Veterans Administration's discharge abstract system was studied to identify error frequency, source, and effect in five Veterans Administration hospitals. We reviewed 1,829 medical records from 21 services for concordance with the abstract; sampling provided 95% confidence for each service. Of these records, 1,499 (82%) differed from the abstract in at least one item. Of 20,260 items, 4,360 (22%) were incorrect, with three error sources: physician (62%), coding (35%), and keypunch (3%). We projected 2.14 physician and 0.81 coding errors in the average abstract. Eighty-nine percent of projected physician errors were failures to report a procedure or diagnosis. Coding was subjective and errors were synergistic with physician errors. We projected that correction of errors would change 19% of the records for diagnosis-related group purposes and substantially increase future resource allocation. This effect varied considerably by service.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0098-7484
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
13
pubmed:volume
254
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1330-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Physician and coding errors in patient records.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.