Validity of the coding for intensive care admission, mechanical ventilation, and acute dialysis in the Danish national patient registry: A short report

Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 9-12

  Blichert Hansen, Linea ^a   Nielsson, Malene S ^a   Nielsen, Rikke B ^a   Christiansen, Christian F ^a   Nørgaard, Mette ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Critical care; Epidemiology; Intensive care unit; Positive predictive values; Validity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DENMARK; DIALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT CODING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REGISTER; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VALIDITY;

EID: 84872519717     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CLEP.S37763     Document Type: Article

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