Validity of Danish register diagnoses of myocardial infarction and stroke against experts in people with screen-detected diabetes

Validity of Danish register diagnoses of myocardial infarction and stroke against experts in people with screen-detected diabetes

Abstract Background Administrative patient registers are often used to estimate morbidity in epidemiological studies. The validity of register data is thus important. This study aims to assess the positive predictive value of myocardial infarction and stroke registered in the Danish National Patient...

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Main Authors: Else-Marie Dalsgaard, Daniel Rinse Witte, Morten Charles, Marit Eika Jørgensen, Torsten Lauritzen, Annelli Sandbæk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-02-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
Cardiovascular disease
Predictive value test
Registers
Hospital records
Diabetes mellitus, Type 2
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-019-6549-z

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