A cohort study showed that health insurance databases were accurate to distinguish chronic obstructive pulmonary disease from asthma and classify disease severity

J Clin Epidemiol. 2005 Feb;58(2):206-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2004.08.006.

Authors

Jason McKnight¹, Adrienne Scott, Dick Menzies, Jean Bourbeau, Lucie Blais, Catherine Lemière

Affiliation

¹ Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University, 3650 St-Urbain Street, Montreal, Quebec, H2X 2P4, Canada.

PMID: 15680756
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2004.08.006

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Asthma / diagnosis*
Cohort Studies
Databases, Factual*
Humans
Information Storage and Retrieval
Insurance, Health*
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / diagnosis*
Sensitivity and Specificity