Measures of prevalence: Which healthcare registers are applicable?

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 55-62

  Wigertz, Annette ^a   Westerling, Ragnar ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

asthma; cerebrovascular disease; chronic bronchitis; diabetes mellitus; epidemiological method; healthcare utilization; hospital discharge records; hypertensive disease; prevalence; primary healthcare

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; MALE; PREVALENCE; REGISTER; RURAL POPULATION; SWEDEN;

ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; REGISTRIES; RURAL POPULATION; SWEDEN;

EID: 0035288440     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14034948010290011101     Document Type: Article

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