Validation of computerized Swedish dog and cat insurance data against veterinary practice records

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-65

  Egenvall, Agneta ^a   Bonnett, Brenda N ^b   Olson, Pekka ^a,c   Hedhammar, Åke ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c Agria Insurance   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cat; Claims based research; Data management; Dog; Insurance; Medical records; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; INSURANCE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; REPRODUCIBILITY; SWEDEN; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; INSURANCE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INSURANCE, LIFE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWEDEN; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 0032540784     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(98)00073-7     Document Type: Article

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