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Identifying Rheumatoid Arthritis Cases within the Quebec Health Administrative Database
Zeinab F. Slim, Cristiano Soares de Moura, Sasha Bernatsky and Elham Rahme
The Journal of Rheumatology March 2019, jrheum.181121; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.181121
Zeinab F. Slim
From the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University; Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre; Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Z.F. Slim, PhD, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, and Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre; C. Soares de Moura, PhD, Research Associate, Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre; S. Bernatsky, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, and Department of Medicine, McGill University; E. Rahme, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, and Department of Medicine, McGill University. Address correspondence to Dr. S. Bernatsky, Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation of Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, 5252 Boul. de Maisonneuve Ouest, Office 3F.51, Montreal, Quebec H4A 3S5, Canada. E-mail: sasha.bernatsky@mcgill.ca. Accepted for publication February 13, 2019.
Cristiano Soares de Moura
From the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University; Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre; Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Z.F. Slim, PhD, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, and Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre; C. Soares de Moura, PhD, Research Associate, Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre; S. Bernatsky, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, and Department of Medicine, McGill University; E. Rahme, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, and Department of Medicine, McGill University. Address correspondence to Dr. S. Bernatsky, Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation of Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, 5252 Boul. de Maisonneuve Ouest, Office 3F.51, Montreal, Quebec H4A 3S5, Canada. E-mail: sasha.bernatsky@mcgill.ca. Accepted for publication February 13, 2019.
Sasha Bernatsky
From the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University; Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre; Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Z.F. Slim, PhD, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, and Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre; C. Soares de Moura, PhD, Research Associate, Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre; S. Bernatsky, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, and Department of Medicine, McGill University; E. Rahme, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, and Department of Medicine, McGill University. Address correspondence to Dr. S. Bernatsky, Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation of Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, 5252 Boul. de Maisonneuve Ouest, Office 3F.51, Montreal, Quebec H4A 3S5, Canada. E-mail: sasha.bernatsky@mcgill.ca. Accepted for publication February 13, 2019.
Elham Rahme
From the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University; Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre; Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Z.F. Slim, PhD, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, and Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre; C. Soares de Moura, PhD, Research Associate, Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre; S. Bernatsky, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, and Department of Medicine, McGill University; E. Rahme, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, and Department of Medicine, McGill University. Address correspondence to Dr. S. Bernatsky, Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation of Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, 5252 Boul. de Maisonneuve Ouest, Office 3F.51, Montreal, Quebec H4A 3S5, Canada. E-mail: sasha.bernatsky@mcgill.ca. Accepted for publication February 13, 2019.
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Identifying Rheumatoid Arthritis Cases within the Quebec Health Administrative Database
Zeinab F. Slim, Cristiano Soares de Moura, Sasha Bernatsky, Elham Rahme
The Journal of Rheumatology Mar 2019, jrheum.181121; DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.181121