Influence of Using Different Databases and ‘Look Back’ Intervals to Define Comorbidity Profiles for Patients with Newly Diagnosed Hypertension: Implications for Health Services Researchers

OBJECTIVE: To determine the data sources and ‘look back’ intervals to define comorbidities. DATA SOURCES: Hospital discharge abstracts database (DAD), physician claims, population registry and death registry from April 1, 1994 to March 31, 2010 in Alberta, Canada. STUDY DESIGN: Newly-diagnosed hyper...

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Publié dans:PLoS One
Auteurs principaux: Chen, Guanmin, Lix, Lisa, Tu, Karen, Hemmelgarn, Brenda R., Campbell, Norm R. C., McAlister, Finlay A., Quan, Hude
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Langue:Inglês
Publié: Public Library of Science 2016
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5008755/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27583532
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0162074
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