National Data Source:

External Cause of Injury Survey, American Public Health Association.

State Data Source:

Not identified.

Healthy People 2000 Objective:

Not applicable.

Measure:

Number.

Baseline:

23 (1998).

Numerator:

Number of States and the District of Columbia that “mandate” the use of ICD-9-CM external cause of injury codes in their statewide hospital discharge data systems.

Denominator:

Not applicable.

Population Targeted:

Not applicable.

Questions Used To Obtain the National Data:

From the 1998 How States Are Collecting and Using Cause of Injury Data Survey:

-- Is the collection of ICD-9-CM coded data in the statewide hospital discharge data system mandated by state law or a ruling by another body?

Expected Periodicity:

Periodic.

Comments:

For this objective, the term “mandate” refers to a State law or a ruling by another body (for example, the State hospital association) that requires hospitals to collect data on ICD-9-CM external cause of injury codes and report them to a statewide hospital discharge data system.

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