Impact of different definitions on estimates of accuracy of the diagnosis data in a clinical database

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 782-788

  Woods, Charles R ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Data collection; Data interpretation statistical; Databases; Public health administration; Quality assurance health care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; OTITIS MEDIA; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; OTITIS MEDIA; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0034894816     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(01)00339-0     Document Type: Article

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