Can hospital discharge diagnosis be used for surveillance of bacteremia? A data quality study of a Danish hospital discharge registry.

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Published in Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol on March 01, 1998

Authors

K M Madsen1, H C Schønheyder, B Kristensen, G L Nielsen, H T Sørensen

Author Affiliations

1: Danish Epidemiology Science Centre at the Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Aarhus University.

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