Hospital discharge records under-report the prevalence of diabetes in inpatients

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 145-151

  Carral, Florentino ^a   Olveira, Gabriel ^b   Aguilar, Manuel ^a   Ortego, José ^a   Gavilán, Inmaculada ^a   Doménech, Inmaculada ^a   Escobar, Luis ^a  

^a Endocrinol Serv of P del M U H   (Spain)

^b Edocrinol Serv of Carlos H U H   (Spain)

Author keywords

Computerized; Diabetes mellitus; Epidemiology; Hospitalizations; Medical records systems

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PREVALENCE;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PREVALENCE; SPAIN;

EID: 0037304938     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8227(02)00200-0     Document Type: Article

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