Pitfalls of using administrative data sets to describe clinical outcomes in sickle cell disease

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1936-1939

  Claster, Susan ^a   Termuhlen, Amanda ^b,c   Schrager, Sheree M ^d   Wolfson, Julie A ^e   Iverson, Ellen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MILLER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^e City of Hope ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Acute chest; Administrative data; Sickle cell disease; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DATA BASE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ACUTE CHEST; ADMINISTRATIVE DATA; SICKLE CELL DISEASE; TRANSFUSION;

ACUTE CHEST SYNDROME; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CALIFORNIA; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; STATE HEALTH PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885692178     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.24747     Document Type: Article

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