Measuring accuracy of discharge diagnoses for a region-wide surveillance of hospitalized strokes

Stroke

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1031-1034

  Spolaore, Paolo ^a   Brocco, Stefano ^a   Fedeli, Ugo ^a,f   Visentin, Cristiana ^a   Schievano, Elena ^a   Avossa, Francesco ^a   Milan, Giovanni ^a   Toso, Vito ^b   Vanuzzo, Diego ^c   Pilotto, Lorenza ^c   Pessina, Achille Cesare ^d   Bonita, Ruth ^e  

^a SER Epidemiological Department   (Italy)

^b SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Centre for Cardiovascular Diseases   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f Ospedale 18   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; International Classification of Diseases; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; STROKE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 20244362662     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000160755.94884.4a     Document Type: Article

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