A cohort study showed that health insurance databases were accurate to distinguish chronic obstructive pulmonary disease from asthma and classify disease severity

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 206-208

  McKnight, Jason ^a   Scott, Adrienne ^a   Menzies, Dick ^a   Bourbeau, Jean ^a   Blais, Lucie ^b   Lemière, Catherine ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ASTHMA; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INSURANCE, HEALTH; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 12944322210     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2004.08.006     Document Type: Article

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