Are Routinely Collected NHS Administrative Records Suitable for Endpoint Identification in Clinical Trials? Evidence from the West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Barry, Sarah J E ^a   Dinnett, Eleanor ^b   Kean, Sharon ^a   Gaw, Allan ^c   Ford, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PLACEBO; PRAVASTATIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BODY MASS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DEATH; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; SMOKING; THORAX PAIN; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; WEST OF SCOTLAND CORONARY PREVENTION STUDY;

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCOTLAND; STROKE;

EID: 84884148844     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075379     Document Type: Article

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