the validity of diagnosing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease from a large administrative database
;Yves Lacasse;Victor M Montori;Claude Lanthier;François Maltis
religions2005Vol. 12pp. 251-256
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: Health authorities create and maintain administrative databases. Despite the potential advantages of these databases, the validity of the information they include must be considered.