Quality of data reported on abdominal aortic aneurysm repair - A comparison between a national vascular and a national administrative registry

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 571-578

  Haug, E S ^a   Romundstad, P ^b   Saether O D ^c   Jorgenvag R ^d   Myhre, Hans O ^c  

^a VESTFOLD HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d SINTEF   (Norway)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Coding; Completeness; Consistency; Vascular registries

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REGISTER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA COLLECTION; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; NORWAY; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REGISTRIES; STENTS;

EID: 18144403848     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2005.02.002     Document Type: Article

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