Reliability of the recording of schizophrenia and depressive disorder in the Saskatchewan health care datafiles

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 191-199

  Rawson, N S B ^a,d   Malcolm, E ^b   D'Arcy, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Saskatchewan Health   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; REGISTRATION; RELIABILITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SASKATCHEWAN; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0030985253     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00788238     Document Type: Article

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