Assessing the validity of diagnostic information in administrative health care utilization data: Experience in Saskatchewan

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 389-398

  Rawson, Nigel S B ^a,c   D'Arcy, Carl ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Administrative health care utilization data; Saskatchewan; Validity and reliability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CODING; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0032417801     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1557(199811/12)7:6<389::AID-PDS380>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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