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

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 the...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American journal of public health (1971) 1990-10, Vol.80 (10), p.1257-1258
Hauptverfasser:	Rosenman, K D, Trimbath, L, Stanbury, M
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	560300 - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology ASBESTOS ASTHMA COAL MINING DIAGNOSIS Disease DISEASES HAZARDS Health care HEALTH HAZARDS Health surveillance Health Surveys Hospitalization Hospitals Humans Lung diseases Lung Diseases - epidemiology Lungs Medical Records MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE Medicine MINING New Jersey OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES Occupational Diseases - epidemiology Occupational safety PATIENTS Physicians PNEUMOCONIOSES RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DISEASES Specialization SURVEILLANCE SURVEYS Surveys and Questionnaires
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Zusammenfassung:	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.
ISSN:	0090-0036 1541-0048
DOI:	10.2105/AJPH.80.10.1257