Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 59, Issue 9 , Pages 940-946 , September 2006

Length of comorbidity lookback period affected regression model performance of administrative health data

,Accepted 5 December 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2005.12.013

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 59, Issue 9 , Pages 940-946 , September 2006

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