Hepatitis vaccination in patients with hepatitis C: Practice and validation of codes at a large veterans administration medical centre

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1078-1087

  Hachem, C Y ^a,b,c,d   Kramer, J R ^a,b   Kanwal, F ^b   El Serag, H B ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HEPATITIS A VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VACCINATION; VIRAL HEPATITIS VACCINES;

EID: 53549095715     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2008.03827.x     Document Type: Article

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