The Intego database: Background, methods and basic results of a Flemish general practice-based continuous morbidity registration project

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Truyers, Carla ^a   Goderis, Geert ^a   Dewitte, Harrie ^a   Akker, Marjan Vanden ^b   Buntinx, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

General practice; Methodology; Morbidity registration network; Quality assessment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; STANDARD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BELGIUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903608344     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-14-48     Document Type: Article

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