Validity of bipolar disorder hospital discharge diagnoses: File review and multiple register linkage in Sweden

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 447-453

  Sellgren, C ^a   Landen M ^a,b   Lichtenstein, P ^a   Hultman, C M ^a   Langstrom N ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Epidemiology; Registries; Validation study

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EPISODE OF CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS, PROBLEM-ORIENTED; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWEDEN;

EID: 81255160716     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2011.01747.x     Document Type: Article

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