Show simple item record

dc.contributor.authorMcKenzie, K
dc.contributor.authorEnraght-Moony, E
dc.contributor.authorWaller, G
dc.contributor.authorWalker, S
dc.contributor.authorHarrison, J
dc.contributor.authorMcClure, R
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T14:18:31Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T14:18:31Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.date.modified2011-04-19T07:03:56Z
dc.identifier.issn13538047
dc.identifier.doi10.1136/ip.2008.020479
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/33913
dc.description.abstractObjective: To assess extent of coder agreement for external causes of injury using ICD-10-AM for injury-related hospitalisations in Australian public hospitals. Methods: A random sample of 4850 discharges from 2002 to 2004 was obtained from a stratified random sample of 50 hospitals across four states in Australia. On-site medical record reviews were conducted and external cause codes were assigned blinded to the original coded data. Code agreement levels were grouped into the following agreement categories: block level, 3-character level, 4-character level, 5th-character level, and complete code level. Results: At a broad block level, code agreement was found in over 90% of cases for most mechanisms (eg, transport, fall). Percentage disagreement was 26.0% at the 3-character level; agreement for the complete external cause code was 67.6%. For activity codes, the percentage of disagreement at the 3-character level was 7.3% and agreement for the complete activity code was 68.0%. For place of occurrence codes, the percentage of disagreement at the 4-character level was 22.0%; agreement for the complete place code was 75.4%. Conclusions: With 68% agreement for complete codes and 74% agreement for 3-character codes, as well as variability in agreement levels across different code blocks, place and activity codes, researchers need to be aware of the reliability of their specific data of interest when they wish to undertake trend analyses or case selection for specific causes of interest.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.format.extent191058 bytes
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherBMJ Publishing Group
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom188
dc.relation.ispartofpageto196
dc.relation.ispartofjournalInjury Prevention
dc.relation.ispartofvolume15
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSports science and exercise
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4207
dc.titleCauses of injuries resulting in hospitalisation in Australia: assessing coder agreement on external causes
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.rights.copyright© The Author(s) 2009. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. For information about this journal please refer to the journal's website or contact the authors.
gro.date.issued2009
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorMcClure, Roderick J.


Files in this item

This item appears in the following Collection(s)

  • Journal articles
    Contains articles published by Griffith authors in scholarly journals.

Show simple item record