An ontological approach to identifying cases of chronic kidney disease from routine primary care data: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND:Accurately identifying cases of chronic kidney disease (CKD) from primary care data facilitates the management of patients, and is vital for surveillance and research purposes. Ontologies provide a systematic and transparent basis for clinical case definition and can be used to identify c...

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Main Authors: Cole, N, Liyanage, H, Suckling, R, Swift, P, Gallagher, H, Byford, R, Williams, J, Kumar, S, De Lusignan, S
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2018