Are Mortality Differences Detected by Administrative Data Reliable and Actionable?

• Autores: John P. A. Ioannidis
• Localización: JAMA: the journal of the American Medical Association, ISSN 0098-7484, Vol. 309, Nº. 13, 2013, págs. 1010-1011
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Administrative data offer impressive amounts of information that can be readily analyzed. However, how credible are the results derived from these behemoth data sets? Moreover, how prudent is it to translate those results into policy actions, and, if this is done, what should that translation path involve?