Registration of acute medical hospital admissions in the Danish National Patient Registry: A validation study

Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 129-133

  Vest Hansen, Betina ^a   Hammerich Riis, Anders ^a   Fynbo, Christian ^a   Christiansen, ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Medical patients; Positive predictive value; Registries; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REGISTER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 84876954848     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CLEP.S41905     Document Type: Article

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