The validity of national hospital discharge register data on dementia: A comparative analysis using clinical data from a university medical centre

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 69-75

  van de Vorst, I E ^a   Vaartjes, I ^a   Sinnecker, L F ^a   Beks, L J M ^a   Bots, M L ^a   Koek, H L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dementia; Hospital register; ICD codes; Prognosis; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTENT VALIDITY; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ICD-9-CM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REGISTER; VALIDATION PROCESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INCIDENCE; NETHERLANDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VALIDATION STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGISTRIES;

EID: 84924626557     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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