Open Access<p>How well can electronic health records from primary care identify Alzheimer’s disease cases?</p>
Author(s) -
Anna Ponjoan,
Josep GarreOlmo,
Jordi Blanch,
Ester Fages,
Lia Alves-Cabratosa,
Ruth MartíLluch,
Marc Comas-Cufí,
Dídac Parramon,
Maria García-Gil,
Rafel Ramos
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
clinical epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.868
H-Index - 58
ISSN - 1179-1349
DOI - 10.2147/clep.s206770
Subject(s) - medicine , medical diagnosis , dementia , gold standard (test) , observational study , retrospective cohort study , primary care , pediatrics , diagnosis code , disease , medical record , algorithm , family medicine , pathology , population , environmental health , computer science
Electronic health records (EHR) from primary care are emerging in Alzheimer's disease (AD) research, but their accuracy is a concern. We aimed to validate AD diagnoses from primary care using additional information provided by general practitioners (GPs), and a register of dementias.