Assessment of the under-reporting of diabetes in hospital admission data: A study from the Scottish Diabetes Research Network Epidemiology Group

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1514-1519

  Anwar, H ^a   Fischbacher, C M ^a   Leese, G P ^b   Lindsay, R S ^c   Mcknight, J A ^d   Wild, S H ^e  

^a INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Hospital admissions; Linkage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEOPLASM; PATIENT CODING; UNDERREPORTING; UNITED KINGDOM; VOLUNTARY REPORTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DATA COLLECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PATIENT ADMISSION; REGISTRIES; SCOTLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81355133217     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2011.03432.x     Document Type: Article

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