Rosenman K D
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Department of Environmental and Community Medicine, Piscataway 08854.
Am J Ind Med. 1988;13(2):281-9. doi: 10.1002/ajim.4700130209.
Computerized hospital discharge diagnoses are useful for occupational disease surveillance. One thousand one hundred twenty-six individuals with asbestosis and 268 individuals with silicosis were identified in New Jersey for the four-year period 1979-1982. Computer-generated maps help to dramatize the localization of these conditions to certain geographic areas. The attributes and limitations of using hospital discharge diagnoses for occupational disease surveillance are discussed: initial follow-up data are presented for individuals with silicosis.
计算机化的医院出院诊断对职业病监测很有用。在1979年至1982年的四年期间，新泽西州确认了1126例石棉沉着病患者和268例矽肺病患者。计算机生成的地图有助于突出这些疾病在某些地理区域的聚集情况。本文讨论了使用医院出院诊断进行职业病监测的特点和局限性：并给出了矽肺病患者的初步随访数据。
