Validation of ischemic cerebrovascular diagnoses in the health improvement network (THIN)

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 579-585

  Ruigómez, Ana ^a   Martín Merino, Elisa ^a   García Rodríguez, Luis Alberto ^a  

^a Department of Pharmacoepidemiology   (Spain)

Author keywords

Database; Diagnosis; Ischemic cerebrovascular event; Primary care; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DATA BASE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 77951546165     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.1919     Document Type: Article

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