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What is the accuracy of hospital records and death certificates for identifying acute myocardial infarction compared to a validated disease register?
What is the accuracy of hospital records and death certificates for identifying acute myocardial infarction compared to a validated disease register?
Hospital morbidity data alone are insufficiently accurate to estimate non-fatal AMI rates, whereas death certificates provide highly accurate mortality data.
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Hospital codes alone should not estimate non-fatal AMI incidence; supports validated registers for accurate surveillance and research.
Boyle et al. (1995) studied this question.
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