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Validation study of randomly selected cases of PTSD diagnoses identified in a Swedish regional database compared with medical records: is the validity sufficient for epidemiological research?

OBJECTIVES: In Sweden, the patients’ diagnoses are recorded in administrative registers. The research value of these registers is determined by their diagnostic validity, that is, if the diagnosis recorded meets the relevant diagnostic criteria. The aim of the study was to assess the validity of pos...

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Autores principales: Hollander, Anna-Clara, Askegård, Klara, Iddon-Escalante, Claudia, Holmes, Emily A, Wicks, Susanne, Dalman, Christina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7008445/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31874876
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031964