Agreement between ethnicity recorded in two New Zealand health databases: Effects of discordance on cardiovascular outcome measures (PREDICT CVD3)

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 211-216

  Marshall, Roger J ^a   Zhang, Zhongqian ^a   Broad, Joanna B ^a   Wells, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Computer system; Databases; Ethnic groups; Incidence; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RISK FACTORS; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 34447532440     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2007.00050.x     Document Type: Article

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