Physician's manual reporting underestimates mortality: Evidence from a population-based HIV/AIDS treatment program

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Au Yeung, Christopher G ^a   Anema, Aranka ^a,b   Chan, Keith ^a   Yip, Benita ^a   Montaner, Julio Sg ^a,b   Hogg, Robert S ^a,c  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIV AIDS   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOCUMENTATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; OBSERVATION; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; COHORT STUDIES; DOCUMENTATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; OBSERVATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77958121891     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-642     Document Type: Article

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