Accuracy and validity of using medical claims data to identify episodes of hospitalizations in patients with COPD

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-29

  Monfared, Amir Abbas Tahami ^a   LeLorier, Jacques ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Administrative databases; Data quality; Hospitalizations; Length of stay; Physician claims; RAMQ; Reliability; Validation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALGORITHMS; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUEBEC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 31744446843     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.1131     Document Type: Article

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