Accuracy of Scottish hospital morbidity data.
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Accuracy of Scottish hospital morbidity data.
Since 1961 the Scottish Home and Health Department has collected and processed morbidity information relating to all non-obstetric and non-psychiatric discharges from National Health Service hospitals in Scotland. The information is used for planning, administrative, and epidemiological purposes and it is therefore essential that its reliability is assessed. The present study was carried out to...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
سال: 1971
ISSN: 0143-005X
DOI: 10.1136/jech.25.2.76