Comparison of dementia recorded in routinely collected hospital admission data in England with dementia recorded in primary care
BACKGROUND: Electronic linkage of UK cohorts to routinely collected National Health Service (NHS) records provides virtually complete follow-up for cause-specific hospital admissions and deaths. The reliability of dementia diagnoses recorded in NHS hospital data is not well documented. METHODS: For...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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BioMed Central
2016
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