Accuracy of a heart failure diagnosis in administrative registers

Thomas Kümler; Gunnar Hilmar Gislason; Vibeke Kirk; Morten Bay; Olav W Nielsen; Lars Køber; Christian Torp-Pedersen

doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.05.006

Accuracy of a heart failure diagnosis in administrative registers

Thomas Kümler
, Gunnar Hilmar Gislason
, Vibeke Kirk
, Morten Bay
, Olav W Nielsen
, Lars Køber
, Christian Torp-Pedersen

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Abstract

The incidence of heart failure is frequently reported using hospital discharge diagnoses. The specificity of a diagnosis has been shown to be high but the sensitivity of a reported diagnosis is unknown.

Original language	English
Journal	European journal of heart failure : journal of the Working Group on Heart Failure of the European Society of Cardiology
Volume	10
Issue number	7
Pages (from-to)	658-60
Number of pages	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.05.006
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2008

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Accuracy of a heart failure diagnosis in administrative registers. / Kümler, Thomas ; Gislason, Gunnar Hilmar; Kirk, Vibeke et al.
In: European journal of heart failure : journal of the Working Group on Heart Failure of the European Society of Cardiology, Vol. 10, No. 7, 01.07.2008, p. 658-60.

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