Comparison of diagnoses of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis by use of death certificates and hospital discharge data in the Danish population

Abstract Because ALS is rare, large-scale studies are difficult. Hospital and death certificate data are valuable tools, but understanding of how well they capture cases is needed. We identified 3650 incident cases in the Danish National Patient Register (NPR) between 1982 and 2009, using ICD-8 (bef...

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Published in:	Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal degeneration Vol. 16; no. 3-4; pp. 224 - 229
Main Authors:	Kioumourtzoglou, Marianthi-Anna, Seals, Ryan M., Himmerslev, Liselotte, Gredal, Ole, Hansen, Johnni, Weisskopf, Marc G.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Informa Healthcare 01.06.2015 Taylor & Francis
Subjects:	Aged Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - diagnosis Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - epidemiology Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - mortality Cause of Death Death Certificates Denmark - epidemiology Epidemiology Female Humans Male Medical Records - statistics & numerical data Middle Aged Patient Discharge - statistics & numerical data Registries Retrospective Studies risk Sensitivity and Specificity survival Time Factors Denmark Epidemiology risk survival
ISSN:	2167-8421, 2167-9223, 2167-9223
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