Registries and administrative data: Organization and accuracy

Medical Care

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 201-212

  Roos, Leslie L ^a,b   Mustard, Cameron A ^a,b   Nicol, J Patrick ^a   McLerran, Dale F ^c   Malenka, David J ^c   Young, Kue ^b   Cohen, Marsha M ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Administrative data; Organization; Population registries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REGISTER; STANDARD; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MANITOBA; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGE; PATIENTS; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; REGISTRIES; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0027565834     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199303000-00002     Document Type: Article

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