Administrative data have high variation in validity for recording heart failure

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Quach, Susan ^a   Blais, Claudia ^b   Quan, Hude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Administrative data; Heart failure; Hospital discharge data; Validity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; KAPPA STATISTICS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PUBLISHING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDITY; X RAY; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL RECORD; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL RECORDS; MEDICAL RECORDS DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77958514263     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0828-282X(10)70438-4     Document Type: Article

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