Validation of key behaviourally based mental health diagnoses in administrative data: suicide attempt, alcohol abuse, illicit drug abuse and tobacco use

Validation of key behaviourally based mental health diagnoses in administrative data: suicide attempt, alcohol abuse, illicit drug abuse and tobacco use

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Observational research frequently uses administrative codes for mental health or substance use diagnoses and for important behaviours such as suicide attempts. We sought to validate codes (<it>International Classification of Di...

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Main Authors: Kim Hyungjin, Smith Eric G, Stano Claire M, Ganoczy Dara, Zivin Kara, Walters Heather, Valenstein Marcia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-01-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/12/18

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