Comparison of the validity of stroke diagnoses in a medical quality register and an administrative health register

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 143-149

  Varmdal, Torunn ^a   Janszky, Imre ^a   Bakken, Inger Johanne ^b   Ebbing, Marta ^b   Wethal, Torgeir ^c   Ellekjar, Hanne ^c   Rohweder, Gitta ^c   Fjartoft, Hild ^c   Bonaa, Kaare Harald ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

completeness; correctness; data quality; Health registers; stroke diagnoses; validity

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; NORWAY; REGISTER; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROKE;

HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; NORWAY; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STROKE;

EID: 84975296819     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494815621641     Document Type: Article

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