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Use of hospital discharge data in the surveillance of occupational disease

✍ Scribed by Kenneth D. Rosenman

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2010
Tongue: English
Weight: 644 KB
Volume: 13
Category: Article
ISSN: 0271-3586
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.4700130209

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✦ Synopsis

Computerized hospital discharge diagnoses are useful for occupational disease surveillance. One thousand one hundred twenty-six individuals with asbestosis and 268 individuals with silicosis were identified in New Jersey for the four-year period 1979-1982. Computer-generated maps help to dramatize the localization of these conditions to certain geographic areas. The attributes and limitations of using hospital discharge diagnoses for occupational disease surveillance are discussed: initial follow-up data are presented for individuals with silicosis.

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