Identifying Patients with Physician-Diagnosed Asthma in Health Administrative Databases

Autor: Andrea S Gershon, Chengning Wang, Jun Guan, Jovanka Vasilevska-Ristovska, Lisa Cicutto, Teresa To
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Canadian Respiratory Journal, Vol 16, Iss 6, Pp 183-188 (2009)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1198-2241
DOI: 10.1155/2009/963098
Popis: BACKGROUND: Asthma imposes a heavy and expensive burden on individuals and populations. A population-based surveillance and research program based on health administrative data could measure and study the burden of asthma; however, the validity of a health administrative data diagnosis of asthma must first be confirmed.
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