Validating self-reported strokes in a longitudinal UK cohort study (Whitehall II): Extracting information from hospital medical records versus the Hospital Episode Statistics database

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Britton, Annie ^a   Milne, Beverly ^a   Butler, Therese ^a   Sanchez Galvez, Adelaida ^a   Shipley, Martin ^a   Rudd, Anthony ^b   Da Wolfe, Charles ^b   Bhalla, Ajay ^b   Brunner, Eric J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Medical records; NHS HES database; Self report; Stroke; Validation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF REPORT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORDS DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; STROKE;

EID: 84862493163     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-12-83     Document Type: Review

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