Developing a large electronic primary care database (Doctors' Independent Network) for research

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 443-453

  Carey, Iain M ^a   Cook, Derek G ^a   De Wilde, Stephen ^a   Bremner, Stephen A ^a   Richards, Nicky ^b   Caine, Steve ^b   Strachan, David P ^a   Hilton, Sean R ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CompuFile Ltd ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hay fever; Ischemic heart disease; Period prevalence rates; Primary care databases; Socio economic

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; DATA ACQUISITION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DISEASES; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASES (IHD); SOCIO-ECONOMIC MARKERS;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COMPUTER NETWORK; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 2542504295     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2004.02.002     Document Type: Article

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