Systematic Analysis of Self-Reported Comorbidities in Large Cohort Studies - A Novel Stepwise Approach by Evaluation of Medication.

In large cohort studies comorbidities are usually self-reported by the patients. This way to collect health information only represents conditions known, memorized and openly reported by the patients. Several studies addressed the relationship between self-reported comorbidities and medical records...

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Main Authors: Tanja Lucke, Ronald Herrera, Margarethe Wacker, Rolf Holle, Frank Biertz, Dennis Nowak, Rudolf M Huber, Sandra Söhler, Claus Vogelmeier, Joachim H Ficker, Harald Mückter, Rudolf A Jörres, COSYCONET-Consortium
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5085029?pdf=render