Completeness and diagnostic validity of recording acute myocardial infarction events in primary care, hospital care, disease registry, and national mortality records: cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the completeness and diagnostic validity of myocardial infarction recording across four national health record sources in primary care, hospital care, a disease registry, and mortality register.

Design

Cohort study.

Participants

21 482 patients with acute myocardial infarction in England between January 2003 and March 2009, identified in four prospectively collected, linked electronic health record sources: Clinical Practice Research Datalink (primary care data), Hospital Episode Statistics (hospital admissions), the disease registry MINAP (Myocardial Ischaemia National Audit Project), and the Office for National Statistics mortality register (cause specific mortality data).

Setting

One country (England) with one health system (the Nation

SUBMITTER: Herrett E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3898411 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature