Validity of COPD diagnoses reported through nationwide health insurance systems in the People&rsquo;s Republic of China | Zendy

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Validity of COPD diagnoses reported through nationwide health insurance systems in the People’s Republic of China

Author(s) -

Om Kurmi,

Julien Vaucher,

Dan Xiao,

Michael V. Holmes,

Canqing Yu,

Kourtney J. Davis,

Wang Chen,

Haiyan Qin,

Iain Turnbull,

Peng Peng,

Zheng Bian,

Robert Clarke,

Liming Li,

Yiping Chen,

Zhengming Chen

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

international journal of copd

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394

H-Index - 67

eISSN - 1178-2005

pISSN - 1176-9106

DOI - 10.2147/copd.s100736

Subject(s) - medicine , copd , medical diagnosis , demography , population , cohort , health care , confidence interval , pediatrics , family medicine , environmental health , pathology , sociology , economics , economic growth

COPD is the fourth leading cause of death worldwide, with particularly high rates in the People's Republic of China, even among never smokers. Large population-based cohort studies should allow for reliable assessment of the determinants of diseases, which is dependent on the quality of disease diagnoses. We assessed the validity of COPD diagnoses collected through electronic health records in the People's Republic of China.

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