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Accuracy of evidence-based criteria for identifying an incident hip fracture in the absence of the date of injury: a retrospective database study

OBJECTIVES: Hospital discharge data (HDD) in many health systems do not capture the date of injury (DOI); the absence of this date hinders researchers’ ability to distinguish repeat from incident injury admissions. Various approaches using somewhat arbitrary criteria have been explored to increase t...

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Autores principales: Vu, Trang, Davie, Gabrielle, Barson, David, Day, Lesley, Finch, Caroline F
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3717473/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23869105
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003222