Use and Utility of Administrative Health Data for Stroke Research and Surveillance

Amy Y X Yu1, Jessalyn K Holodinsky1, Charlotte Zerna1

  • 1From the Department of Clinical Neurosciences (A.Y.X.Y., C.Z., N.J., M.D.H.), Department of Community Health Sciences (A.Y.X.Y., J.K.H., L.W.S., N.J., H.Q., M.D.H.), O'Brien Institute for Public Health (N.J., H.Q., M.D.H.), and Hotchkiss Brain Institute (N.J., M.D.H.), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Surveillance and Assessment Branch, Alberta Health, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (L.W.S.); and School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (L.W.S.).

Stroke
|May 14, 2016
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