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| rdf:type | |
| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
3
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1988-10-24
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| pubmed:abstractText |
Age/sex registries have been examined as a method of estimating the number of individuals served by a primary care practice. These data can be used in estimating disease frequency from primary care encounter data. The experience with age/sex registries in the Ambulatory Sentinel Practice Network (ASPN) has identified three major sources of error when registry data are used to estimate disease rates: (1) studies using medical encounter data exclude those individuals who do not seek medical care, (2) visitation is not random and is a function of variables in addition to disease incidence, and (3) encounter data from primary care practices are incomplete due to reporting problems and patient-initiated visits to other health care providers. Despite these limitations, age/sex registries can provide a practical tool for estimating disease rates in appropriate settings, assessing the generalizability of results, and assessing the feasibility of studies in practice based research. Further research about age/sex registries is needed to improve disease rate estimation as well as to better define methods. An age/sex registry enumerates a population by age and sex categories. Such a registry of the patients cared for by a medical practice represents a useful tool for practice based research. This paper briefly reviews the background of age/sex registries in North America, describes the experience of the Ambulatory Sentinel Practice Network with age/sex registries, identifies problems in using age/sex registries to provide denominator data for disease frequency estimation, and explores other uses for age/sex registry data.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:issn |
0742-3225
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
20
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
185-8
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:3417066-Adolescent,
pubmed-meshheading:3417066-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:3417066-Age Factors,
pubmed-meshheading:3417066-Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:3417066-Ambulatory Care Information Systems,
pubmed-meshheading:3417066-Child,
pubmed-meshheading:3417066-Child, Preschool,
pubmed-meshheading:3417066-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:3417066-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:3417066-Infant,
pubmed-meshheading:3417066-Infant, Newborn,
pubmed-meshheading:3417066-Information Systems,
pubmed-meshheading:3417066-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:3417066-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:3417066-North America,
pubmed-meshheading:3417066-Primary Health Care,
pubmed-meshheading:3417066-Registries,
pubmed-meshheading:3417066-Research,
pubmed-meshheading:3417066-Sex Factors
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Age/sex registries in primary care research.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
ASPN, Denver, CO 80202.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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