Linked versus unlinked hospital discharge data on hip fractures for estimating incidence and comorbidity profiles
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Studies comparing internally linked (person–identifying) and unlinked (episodes of care) hospital discharge data (HDD) on hip fractures have mainly focused on incidence overestimation by unlinked HDD, but little is known about the im...
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| Language: | English |
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BMC
2012-08-01
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| Series: | BMC Medical Research Methodology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2288/12/113 |