Agreement between self-reported and pharmacy data on medication use in the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort

International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 88-96

  Haapea, Marianne ^a,b   Miettunen, Jouko ^a   Lindeman, Sari ^a   Joukamaa, Matti ^c   Koponen, Hannu ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^d KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e ACADEMY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Agreement; Pharmacy data; Questionnaire; Register; Reliability; Self report

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG UTILIZATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INSURANCE, PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77952697875     PISSN: 10498931     EISSN: 15570657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpr.304     Document Type: Article

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