Defining disease phenotypes using national linked electronic health records: a case study of atrial fibrillation.

National electronic health records (EHR) are increasingly used for research but identifying disease cases is challenging due to differences in information captured between sources (e.g. primary and secondary care). Our objective was to provide a transparent, reproducible model for integrating these...

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Main Authors: Katherine I Morley, Joshua Wallace, Spiros C Denaxas, Ross J Hunter, Riyaz S Patel, Pablo Perel, Anoop D Shah, Adam D Timmis, Richard J Schilling, Harry Hemingway
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4219705?pdf=render