Positive predictive value of the international classification of diseases, 10th edition diagnosis codes for anemia caused by bleeding in the Danish National Registry of Patients

Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 327-331

  Zalfani, Jihen ^a   Frøslev, Trine ^a   Olsen, Morten ^a   Ben Ghezala, Inès ^a   Gammelager, Henrik ^a   Arendt, Johan F B ^a   Erichsen, Rune ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anemia; Danish National Registry of Patients; International classification of diseases; Laboratory database; Predictive value; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; DATA BASE; DENMARK; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ICD-10; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 84870739872     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CLEP.S37188     Document Type: Article

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