Validation of acute myocardial infarction cases in the national health insurance research database in Taiwan

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 500-507

  Cheng, Ching Lan ^a,b   Lee, Cheng Han ^c   Chen, Po Sheng ^c   Li, Yi Heng ^c   Lin, Swu Jane ^d   Yang, Yea Huei Kao ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; NHIRD; Pharmacoepidemiology; Taiwan; Validity

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; TICLOPIDINE;

AGED; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CODING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; TAIWAN; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASPIRIN; CLINICAL CODING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TAIWAN; TICLOPIDINE;

EID: 84923837809     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE20140076     Document Type: Article

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