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Temporal trends in the accuracy of hospital diagnostic coding for identifying acute stroke: A population-based study.

Linxin LiLucy E BinneyRamon Luengo-FernandezLouise E SilverPeter M Rothwellnull null
Published in: European stroke journal (2019)
Although accuracy of hospital diagnostic coding for identifying acute strokes improved over the last 15 years, residual insensitivity supports linkage to other sources in large epidemiological studies. Moreover, differences in the time trends of coding sensitivity in relation to stroke severity might bias studies of trends in stroke outcome if only administrative coding is used.
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