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Does the choice of electronic healthcare data source impact the estimated mortality rate following venous thromboembolism?
Does the choice of electronic healthcare data source impact the estimated mortality rate following venous thromboembolism?
The choice of data source in observational studies of VTE significantly impacts mortality estimates, with secondary care data yielding mortality rates more than double those of primary care data.
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Data source choice markedly alters post-VTE mortality estimates; leaves open optimal EHR linkage for future observational studies.
Gallagher et al. (2016) studied this question.
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