Hospital chart review provided more accurate comorbidity information than data from a general practitioner survey or an administrative database

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1295-1304

  Preen, David B ^a   Holman, C D'Arcy J ^a   Lawrence, David M ^b   Baynham, Natalya J ^a   Semmens, James B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Administrative data; Comorbidity; Hospital morbidity; Medical record linkage; Validation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INJURY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTOXICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE;

EID: 11144298621     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2004.03.016     Document Type: Article

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