Surveillance of occupational lung disease: Comparison of hospital discharge data to physician reporting

Journal Article · Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1990 · American Journal of Public Health; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.80.10.1257· OSTI ID:5922748

Rosenman, K D ^[1]; Trimbath, L; Stanbury, M

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1. Michigan State Univ., East Lansing (USA)

A survey of 762 New Jersey physicians showed that 35% reported seeing patients with either asbestosis, coal worker's pneumoconiosis, occupational asthma or silicosis. Three to four times as many patients with these diagnoses were seen as outpatients as were hospitalized. The implications of these results in using hospital discharge data for occupational disease surveillance are discussed.

• OSTI ID: 5922748
• Journal Information: American Journal of Public Health; (USA), Vol. 80:10; ISSN 0090-0036
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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