What is it about?
Validation of the secondary use of health administrative data to identify patients with rheumatoid arthritis in a general population
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Why is it important?
This approach, referred to as population health, permits the assessment of the impact of Rheumatoid Arthritis in the general population.
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We have used a total of 7 case definitions of rheumatoid arthritis to provide a range of sensitivity and specificity for the identification of cases in the general population.
Dr John G Hanly
Dalhousie University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
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This page is a summary of: The use of administrative health care databases to identify patients with rheumatoid arthritis, Open Access Rheumatology Research and Reviews, November 2015, Dove Medical Press,
DOI: 10.2147/oarrr.s92630.
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