Disease staging: CliniCal anD CoDeD Criteria - HCUP

present edition, are documented in the Contributors section. Others have made unique
contributions which should be recognized: Cathleen A. Barnes, RRA, MEDSTAT, Santa
Barbara, CA, who has supervised the assignment of the codes, a complex and
monumental task; Clara A. Callahan, MD, the newest member of the team, who provided
a clinical perspective, especially for the diseases of children; Marvin E. Gozum, MD, who
has lent his research and computer skills to the project for a good part of ten years; and
Daniel Z. Louis, who has been a collaborator on many studies for the past twenty-five
years.
Joseph S. Gonnella, MD
August 2001
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