Conducting high-value secondary dataset analysis: An introductory guide and resources

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 920-929

  Smith, Alexander K ^a,b   Ayanian, John Z ^c,d,e   Covinsky, Kenneth E ^a,b   Landon, Bruce E ^c,d,f   McCarthy, Ellen P ^c,f   Wee, Christina C ^c,f   Steinman, Michael A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

guide; large datasets; publicly available; resources; secondary analysis

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHEMOTHERAPY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; COST; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ETHNICITY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORTALITY; NOMENCLATURE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POPULATION; PSYCHOLOGIST; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RACE; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; STOMACH CANCER; STUDY DESIGN; TERMINAL CARE; TRAVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; INTERNET; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 80051547943     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-010-1621-5     Document Type: Review

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