Accuracy of pneumonia hospital admissions in a primary care electronic medical record database

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 659-665

  Meropol, Sharon B ^a   Metlay, Joshua P ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug safety; Electronic medical records; Health services research; Pneumonia; Treatment outcomes; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84862225797     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.3207     Document Type: Article

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