The Blessing and the Curse of the Administrative Database

Christina S Boncyk¹, Christina A Jelly¹, Robert E Freundlich^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and.
² Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.

Editorial

Christina S Boncyk et al. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2020 Feb.

. 2020 Feb;17(2):174-175.

doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201906-430ED.

Christina S Boncyk¹, Christina A Jelly¹, Robert E Freundlich^{1

2}

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and.
² Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.

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Comment on

Accuracy of Administrative Hospital Data to Identify Use of Life Support Modalities. A Canadian Study.
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