Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 53, Issue 2 , Pages 183-194, February 2000

Using medical services claims to assess injuries in the elderly:

sensitivity of diagnostic and procedure codes for injury ascertainment

  • Robyn Tamblyn

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Québec, Canada
    • Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: (514) 8411231 ext. 6902; fax: (514) 843-1493.
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  • Tracey Reid

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada
    • ,
  • Nancy Mayo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Québec, Canada
    • Department of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada
    • ,
  • Peter McLeod

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada
    • ,
  • Michael Churchill-Smith

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Québec, Canada

Received 28 September 1998; received in revised form 11 June 1999; accepted 16 June 1999.

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PII: S0895-4356(99)00136-5

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 53, Issue 2 , Pages 183-194, February 2000

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