The validity of hospital discharge register data on coronary heart disease in Finland

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 403-415

  Mähönen, Markku ^a   Salomaa, Veikko ^a   Brommels, Mats ^b   Molarius, Anu ^a   Miettinen, Heikki ^c   Pyörälä, Kalevi ^c   Tuomilehto, Jaakko ^a   Arstila, Matti ^d   Kaarsalo, Esko ^e   Ketonen, Matti ^f   Kuulasmaa, Kari ^a   Lehto, Seppo ^c   Mustaniemi, Harri ^f   Niemelä, Matti ^e   Palomäki, Pertti ^c   Torppa, Jorma ^a   Vuorenmaa, Tapio ^d  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e Loimaa District Hospital   (Finland)

^f NORTH KARELIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Epidemiologic studies; Health services research; Routine morbidity statistics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY;

ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CORONARY DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 8544229081     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007306110822     Document Type: Article

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