Generic obstetric database systems are unreliable for reporting the hypertensive disorders of pregnancy

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 505-509

  Thornton, Charlene ^a   Makris, Angela ^a   Ogle, Robert ^a   Hennessy, Annemarie ^a,b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical coding; Diagnosis related groups; Forms and records control; Hypertensive; Perinatal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIDWIFE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASES; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; NEW SOUTH WALES; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 11344294325     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2004.00286.x     Document Type: Article

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