Misclassification and the use of register-based indicators for depression

K Thielen, E Nygaard, I Andersen, R Rugulies, E Heinesen, P Bech, U Bültmann, Finn Diderichsen

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Abstract

To study the degree to which depression indicators based on register data on hospital and antidepressant treatment suffer from differential misclassification with respect to gender, age and social group.
Original languageEnglish
Book seriesActa Psychiatrica Scandinavica. Supplementum
Volume119
Issue number4
Pages (from-to)312-9
Number of pages8
ISSN0065-1591
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Apr 2009

Keywords

  • Adult
  • Antidepressive Agents
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Depressive Disorder, Major
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Diagnostic Errors
  • Female
  • Hospitalization
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Population Surveillance
  • Registries

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