Comparing VA Database Diagnoses With Veterans Own Self Reported Diagnosis

Accuracy of veterans affairs databases for diagnoses of chronic diseases. 09/17/09. INTRODUCTION: Epidemiologic studies usually use database diagnoses or patient self-report to identify disease cohorts, but no previous research has examined the extent to which self-report of chronic disease agrees with database diagnoses in a Veterans Affairs (VA) health care setting. CONCLUSION: Diagnoses identified from databases agree with self-report for diabetes but not COPD/asthma, depression, or heart disease in a VA health care setting. (Free full-text) Preventing Chronic Disease via PubMed