Data quality of administratively collected hospital discharge data for liver cirrhosis epidemiology

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-20

  Vestberg, Kim ^a,b   Thulstrup, Ane Marie ^a,c   Sørensen, Henrik Toft ^a,c   Ottesen, Peter ^d   Sabroe, Svend ^b   Vilstrup, Hendrik ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

^d RANDERS REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

data quality; Diagnostic criteria; liver cirrhosis; registry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; REGISTRATION;

BIOPSY; DATA COLLECTION; DENMARK; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0030964350     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022835207287     Document Type: Article

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