Validation of death and suicide recording on the THIN UK primary care database

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 120-131

  Hall, Gillian C ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Database; Death; Primary care; Suicide; THIN; Validation

Indexed keywords

DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE PLUS PARACETAMOL;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; BODY MASS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DRUG OVERDOSE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM; COHORT ANALYSIS; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SUICIDE; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 62649144229     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.1686     Document Type: Article

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