Identifying cases of congestive heart failure from administrative data: A validation study using primary care patient records

Chronic Diseases and Injuries in Canada

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 160-166

  Schultz, Susan E ^a   Rothwell, D M ^b   Chen, Z ^a   Tu, K ^a,c,d  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Congestive heart failure; Epidemiologic methods; Population prevalence; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DATA MINING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION PREVALENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; POPULATION PREVALENCE; VALIDATION STUDIES;

ALGORITHMS; DATA MINING; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; ONTARIO; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84878465550     PISSN: 02288699     EISSN: 14818523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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