Validation of the recording of acute exacerbations of COPD in UK primary care electronic healthcare records

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Rothnie, Kieran J ^a,b   Müllerová, Hana ^c   Hurst, John R ^d   Smeeth, Liam ^b   Davis, Kourtney ^e   Thomas, Sara L ^b   Quint, Jennifer K ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

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

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VALIDATION STUDY; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84962312918     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0151357     Document Type: Article

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