Danish registers contain information on many important health and social issues. Because
all Danish citizens have a unique personal identification number, linkage at the individual …

Regional administrative health registries as a resource in clinical epidemiology* Page 1
International Journal of Risk & Safety in Medicine 10 (1997) 1-22 lOS Press Regional …

Abstract The Logical Observation Identifier Names and Codes (LOINC®) database provides
a universal code system for reporting laboratory and other clinical observations. Its purpose …

Background: Validation of recorded data is a prerequisite for studies that utilize
administrative databases. The present study evaluated the validity of diagnoses and …

Background: Management and traceability of biospecimen preanalytical variations are
necessary to provide effective and efficient interconnectivity and interoperability between …

The use of healthcare databases in research provides advantages such as increased
speed, lower costs and limitation of some biases. However, database research has its own …

Administrative medical databases are massive repositories of data collected in healthcare
for various purposes. Such databases are maintained in hospitals, health maintenance …