Alcoholism treatment episodes validly defined using mental health care utilization records

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 373-380

  Wall, Melanie M ^a   Stromberg, Kurt D ^a   Pothoff, Sandra ^b   Kane, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Episode of care; Statistical applications; Validation techniques

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALCOHOLISM; EPISODE OF CARE; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2342483703     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2003.08.008     Document Type: Article

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