Validity of autism diagnoses using administrative health data
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Validity of autism diagnoses using administrative health data.
It is necessary to monitor autism prevalence in order to plan education support and health services for affected children. This study was conducted to assess the accuracy of administrative health databases for autism diagnoses. Three administrative health databases from the province of Nova Scotia were used to identify diagnoses of autism spectrum disorders (ASD): the Hospital Discharge Abstrac...
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عنوان ژورنال: Chronic Diseases in Canada
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1481-8523
DOI: 10.24095/hpcdp.29.3.02