Using data linkage to electronic patient records to assess the validity of selected mental health diagnoses in English Hospital Episode Statistics (HES).

Using data linkage to electronic patient records to assess the validity of selected mental health diagnoses in English Hospital Episode Statistics (HES).

<h4>Background</h4>Administrative data can be used to support research, such as in the UK Biobank. Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) are national data for England that include contain ICD-10 diagnoses for inpatient mental healthcare episodes, but the validity of these diagnoses for resea...

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Main Authors: Katrina Alice Southworth Davis, Oliver Bashford, Amelia Jewell, Hitesh Shetty, Robert J Stewart, Cathie L M Sudlow, Matthew Hugo Hotopf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195002

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