Verifying a questionnaire diagnosis of asthma in children using health claims data

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Childhood asthma prevalence is widely measured by parental proxy report of physician-diagnosed asthma in questionnaires. Our objective was to validate this measure in a North American population.</p> <p>Methods</p>...

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Main Authors: Yang Connie L, To Teresa, Foty Richard G, Stieb David M, Dell Sharon D
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-11-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2466/11/52