Estimating disease prevalence and incidence using administrative data: Some assembly required

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1241-1243

  Ward, Michael M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; POPULATION SIZE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE;

EID: 84881451559     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.130675     Document Type: Review

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