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In data we trust? An evaluation of the quality of influenza hospital admissions data gathered by automated versus manual reporting
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The Washington Comprehensive Hospital Abstract Reporting System (CHARS) has collected discharge data from billing systems for every inpatient admitted to every hospital in the state since 1987 [1]. The purpose of the system is to provide data for… read more… discharge month/ year, age, sex and zip code. We flagged all influenza admissions in the PHSKC system that did not have a matching record in CHARS. Next, we asked … data to monitor the severity of seasonal flu. Adv Dis Surveill. 2008;5: 161. …