A Validation Study of the Canadian Organ Replacement Register

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Accurate and complete documentation of patient characteristics and comorbidities in renal registers is essential to control bias in the comparison of outcomes across groups of patients or dialysis facilities. The objectives of this study were to assess the quality of data collected in the Canadian Organ Replacement Register (CORR) compared with the patient's medical charts. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & …

Authors

Moist LM; Richards HA; Miskulin D; Lok CE; Yeates K; Garg AX; Trpeski L; Chapman A; Amuah J; Hemmelgarn BR

Journal

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 813–818

Publisher

Wolters Kluwer

Publication Date

April 2011

DOI

10.2215/cjn.06680810

ISSN

1555-9041

Associated Experts

Amit Garg

Assistant Professor (Part-Time), Faculty of Health Sciences

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