External review and validation of the Swedish national inpatient register

F. Ludvigsson, Jonas; Andersson, Eva; Ekbom, Anders; Feychting, Maria; Kim, Jeong‐Lim; Reuterwall, Christina; Heurgren, Mona; Otterblad Olausson, Petra

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-11-450

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External review and validation of the Swedish national inpatient register

Published in BMC Public Health • Jun 9, 2011

Authors:

Jonas F. Ludvigsson

Eva Andersson

Anders Ekbom

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The Swedish National Inpatient Register (IPR), also called the Hospital Discharge Register, is a principal source of data for numerous research projects. The IPR is part of the National Patient Register. The Swedish IPR was launched in 1964 (psychiatric diagnoses from 1973) but complete ...

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Medicine

Medical diagnosis

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