Administrative data accurately identified intensive care unit admissions in Ontario

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 802-807

  Scales, Damon C ^a,b   Guan, Jun ^b   Martin, Claudio M ^c,d   Redelmeier, Donald A ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Claims analysis; Critical care; Databases; Health services research; Predictive value of tests; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVALUATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DATABASES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; ONTARIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33745674076     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2005.11.015     Document Type: Article

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