Acute myocardial infarction incidence and hospital mortality: Routinely collected national data versus linkage of national registers

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 755-762

  Koek, Huberdina L ^a   Kardaun, Jan W P F ^b   Gevers, Evelien ^c   De Bruin, Agnes ^b   Reitsma, Joannes B ^d   Grobbee, Diederick E ^a   Bots, Michiel L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b STATISTICS NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^c Prismant Health Care and Advise Institute   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Epidemiology; Hospital admissions; Incidence; Medical record linkage; Registries

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; REGISTER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NETHERLANDS; REGISTRIES;

EID: 36148975789     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-007-9174-6     Document Type: Article

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