Co-morbidity data in outcomes research: Are clinical data derived from administrative databases a reliable alternative to chart review?

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 343-349

  Humphries, Karin H ^a   Rankin, James M ^b   Carere, Ronald G ^b,c   Buller, Christopher E ^b,c   Kiely, F Michael ^c   Spinelli, John J ^a,b  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c BC Cardiac Registries   (Canada)

Author keywords

Administrative database; Co morbidity; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; DATA BASE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK;

EID: 0034002078     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(99)00188-2     Document Type: Article

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