Local and national electronic databases in Norway demonstrate a varying degree of validity

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 280-285

  Lofthus, C M ^a   Cappelen, I ^b   Osnes, E K ^c   Falch, J A ^a   Kristiansen, I S ^d   Medhus, A W ^c   Nordsletten, L ^c   Meyer, H E ^b  

^a AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Electronic databases; Epidemiology; Hip fracture; Hospital registers; Medical records; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NORWAY; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 13844266731     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2004.07.003     Document Type: Article

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