Validation of intracranial hemorrhage in the Norwegian Patient  Registry

ConclusionCoding of ICH discharge diagnoses in the NPR is of high quality, showing that data from this registry can safely be used for medical research.

Administrative and clinical health registries are established to monitor and manage healthcare services. Data from these registries can be used in epidemiological studies as they are easily obtained, include high number of patients, and provide both high external validity and statistical power. However, in order to be useful in research, health registries need to have accurate diagnoses and sufficient coverage in the population they serve. We validated coding of intracranial hemorrhage in the Norwegian Patient Registry and found that coding of inpatient treatment of all subtypes of intracranial hemorrhage were of high quality and that data from this registry can safely be used for medical research.

Source: Brain and Behavior - January 23, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Lise R. Øie, Mattis A. Madsbu, Charalampis Giannadakis, Anders Vorhaug, Heidi Jensberg, Øyvind Salvesen, Sasha Gulati Tags: ORIGINAL RESEARCH Source Type: research