Validation of The Health Improvement Network (THIN) database for epidemiologic studies of chronic kidney disease

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1138-1149

  Denburg, Michelle R ^a   Haynes, Kevin ^a   Shults, Justine ^a   Lewis, James D ^a   Leonard, Mary B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic kidney disease; Database; Epidemiology; Validity

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CODING; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DATA BASE; DIET; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL CODING; COMPUTERS; CREATININE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80555150706     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.2203     Document Type: Article

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