The predictive value of ICD-10 diagnostic coding used to assess Charlson comorbidity index conditions in the population-based Danish National Registry of Patients
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The Charlson comorbidity index is often used to control for confounding in research based on medical databases. There are few studies of the accuracy of the codes obtained from these databases.</p> <p>We examined the posi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2011-05-01
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| Series: | BMC Medical Research Methodology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2288/11/83 |