Validation of the Health Improvement Network (THIN) primary care database for monitoring prescriptions for smoking cessation medications

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 586-590

  Langley, Tessa E ^a   Szatkowski, Lisa ^a   Gibson, Jack ^a   Huang, Yue ^a   McNeill, Ann ^a   Coleman, Tim ^a   Lewis, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Database validation; Medical records database; Smoking cessation medication

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER NETWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MONITORING; SMOKING CESSATION; THE HEALTH IMPROVEMENT NETWORK; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION STUDY;

BUPROPION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; ENGLAND; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 77953529286     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.1960     Document Type: Article

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