Validation of the Recording of Acute Exacerbations of COPD in UK Primary Care Electronic Healthcare Records.

Validation of the Recording of Acute Exacerbations of COPD in UK Primary Care Electronic Healthcare Records.

BACKGROUND:Acute Exacerbations of COPD (AECOPD) identified from electronic healthcare records (EHR) are important for research, public health and to inform healthcare utilisation and service provision. However, there is no standardised method of identifying AECOPD in UK EHR. We aimed to validate the...

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Main Authors: Kieran J Rothnie, Hana Müllerová, John R Hurst, Liam Smeeth, Kourtney Davis, Sara L Thomas, Jennifer K Quint
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4784784?pdf=render

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