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Defining disease phenotypes using national linked electronic health records: a case study of atrial fibrillation.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Morley Katherine I, Wallace Joshua, Denaxas Spiros C, Hunter Ross J, Patel Riyaz S, Perel Pablo, Shah Anoop D, Timmis Adam D, Schilling Richard J, Hemingway Harry
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: National electronic health records (EHR) are increasingly used for research but identifying disease cases is challenging due to differences in information captured between sources (e.g. primary and secondary care). Our objective was to provide a transparent, reproducible model for integrating these data using atrial fibrillation (AF), a chronic condition diagnosed and managed in multiple ways in...
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