Combining population-based administrative health records and electronic medical records for disease surveillance

Combining population-based administrative health records and electronic medical records for disease surveillance

Abstract Background Administrative health records (AHRs) and electronic medical records (EMRs) are two key sources of population-based data for disease surveillance, but misclassification errors in the data can bias disease estimates. Methods that combine information from error-prone data sources ca...

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Main Authors: Saeed Al-Azazi, Alexander Singer, Rasheda Rabbani, Lisa M. Lix
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
Subjects:
Administrative data
Electronic medical records
Misclassification bias
Prevalence
Statistical model
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12911-019-0845-5

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