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 th...

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Published in:PLoS One
Main Authors: Rothnie, Kieran J., Müllerová, Hana, Hurst, John R., Smeeth, Liam, Davis, Kourtney, Thomas, Sara L., Quint, Jennifer K.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4784784/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26959820
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0151357
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