Referral bias among health workers in studies using hospitalization as a proxy measure of the underlying incidence rate

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 791-794

  Tüchsen, Finn ^a,b   Andersen, Otto ^c   Olsen, Jørn ^d  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b Ctr of Biochem Occup Epidemiol   (Denmark)

^c Central Bureau of Statistics   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hospital admission; Ischemic heart disease; Occupation; Record linkage study; Referral bias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0030197571     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0895-4356(95)00554-4     Document Type: Article

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