Optimising Use of Electronic Health Records to Describe the Presentation of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Primary Care: A Strategy for Developing Code Lists

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Nicholson, Amanda ^a,d   Ford, Elizabeth ^a   Davies, Kevin A ^a   Smith, Helen E ^a   Rait, Greta ^b   Tate, A Rosemary ^c   Petersen, Irene ^b   Cassell, Jackie ^a  

^a BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CLINICAL CODING; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84874293811     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054878     Document Type: Article

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