Computing disease incidence, prevalence and comorbidity from electronic medical records.
review · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.jbi.2016.08.005 and PMC identifier 6642638.
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Abstract
Electronic medical records (EMR) represent a convenient source of coded medical data, but disease patterns found in EMRs may be biased when compared to surveys based on sampling. In this communication we draw attention to complications that arise when using EMR data to calculate disease prevalence, incidence, age of onset, and disease comorbidity. We review known solutions to these problems and identify challenges for future work.
Medical subject headings
- Electronic Health Records
- Epidemiology