A statistical analysis of rule-out' diagnoses in outpatient health insurance claims in Japan

作者：Tanihara Shinichi^*; Okamoto Etsuji; Une Hiroshi

来源：Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 2011, 17(6): 1070-1074.

DOI：10.1111/j.1365-2753.2010.01482.x

• additional diagnosis
• health insurance claims
• principal diagnosis
• rule-out diagnosis

Background As each clinical procedure must be justified by a corresponding diagnosis in Japanese health insurance claim (HIC), unconfirmed diagnoses marked as rule-out diagnoses will be written on an HIC. However, little is known about the statistical profiles of such rule-out diagnoses.

• 出版日期2011-12