Improved incidence estimates from linked vs. stand-alone electronic health records

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 75, Issue , 2016, Pages 66-69

  Millett, Elizabeth R C ^a   Quint, Jennifer K ^a   De Stavola, Bianca L ^a   Smeeth, Liam ^a   Thomas, Sara L ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aged; Cohort; Data linkage; Electronic health records; England epidemiology; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; ENGLAND; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORBIDITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; AGED; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; MALE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE;

EID: 84957640772     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2016.01.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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