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Optimising the use of electronic health records to estimate the incidence of rheumatoid arthritis in primary care: what information is hidden in free text?

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Optimising the use of electronic health records to estimate the incidence of rheumatoid arthritis in primary care: what information is hidden in free text? / Ford, Elizabeth; Nicholson, Amanda; Koeling, Rob et al.
In: BMC Medical Research Methodology, Vol. 13, No. 1, 21.08.2013, p. 105.

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Ford, E, Nicholson, A, Koeling, R, Tate, AR, Carroll, J, Axelrod, L, Smith, HE, Rait, G, Davies, KA, Petersen, I, Williams, T & Cassell, JA 2013, 'Optimising the use of electronic health records to estimate the incidence of rheumatoid arthritis in primary care: what information is hidden in free text?', BMC Medical Research Methodology, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 105. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-13-105

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Ford, E., Nicholson, A., Koeling, R., Tate, A. R., Carroll, J., Axelrod, L., Smith, H. E., Rait, G., Davies, K. A., Petersen, I., Williams, T., & Cassell, J. A. (2013). Optimising the use of electronic health records to estimate the incidence of rheumatoid arthritis in primary care: what information is hidden in free text? BMC Medical Research Methodology, 13(1), 105. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-13-105

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Ford E, Nicholson A, Koeling R, Tate AR, Carroll J, Axelrod L et al. Optimising the use of electronic health records to estimate the incidence of rheumatoid arthritis in primary care: what information is hidden in free text? BMC Medical Research Methodology. 2013 Aug 21;13(1):105. doi: 10.1186/1471-2288-13-105

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abstract = "Primary care databases are a major source of data for epidemiological and health services research. However, most studies are based on coded information, ignoring information stored in free text. Using the early presentation of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) as an exemplar, our objective was to estimate the extent of data hidden within free text, using a keyword search.",
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