Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 57, Issue 12 , Pages 1295-1304 , December 2004

Hospital chart review provided more accurate comorbidity information than data from a general practitioner survey or an administrative database

  • David B. Preen

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Health Services Research, School of Population Health, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley WA 6009, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 8 6488 1307; fax: +61 8 6488 1188.
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  • C. D'Arcy J. Holman

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Health Services Research, School of Population Health, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley WA 6009, Australia
    • ,
  • David M. Lawrence

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Developmental Health, Curtin University of Technology, 100 Roberts Road, Subiaco WA 6008, Australia
    • ,
  • Natalya J. Baynham

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Health Services Research, School of Population Health, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley WA 6009, Australia
    • ,
  • James B. Semmens

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Health Services Research, School of Population Health, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley WA 6009, Australia

,Accepted 15 March 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2004.03.016

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 57, Issue 12 , Pages 1295-1304 , December 2004

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