Analyses of data quality in registries concerning diabetes mellitus - A comparison between a population based hospital discharge and an insulin prescription registry

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-10

  Nielsen, Gunnar Lauge ^a,b   Sørensen, Henrik Toft ^b,c   Pedersen, Anne Birgitte ^d   Sabroe, Svend ^d  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

administrative data bases; completeness; diabetes mellitus; predictive value

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCRIPTION; REGISTER; STATISTICS;

DENMARK; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; INSULIN; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; REGISTRIES;

EID: 0029875955     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02260869     Document Type: Article

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