International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 79, Issue 6 , Pages 450-458 , June 2010

Harmonization of health data at national level: A pilot study in China

  • Danhong Liu

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Health Informatics, Fourth Military Medical University, Changle West Road 17#, Xi’an 710032, PR China
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  • Xia Wang

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Health Informatics, Fourth Military Medical University, Changle West Road 17#, Xi’an 710032, PR China
    • Co-first author.
  • ,
  • Feng Pan

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Health Informatics, Fourth Military Medical University, Changle West Road 17#, Xi’an 710032, PR China
  • ,
  • Peng Yang

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Health Informatics, Fourth Military Medical University, Changle West Road 17#, Xi’an 710032, PR China
  • ,
  • Yongyong Xu

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Health Informatics, Fourth Military Medical University, Changle West Road 17#, Xi’an 710032, PR China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +86 29 84774858; fax: +86 29 84774858.
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  • Xuejun Tang

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Statistics and Information, Ministry of Health, People's Republic of China, Beijing 100044, PR China
  • ,
  • Jianping Hu

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Statistics and Information, Ministry of Health, People's Republic of China, Beijing 100044, PR China
  • ,
  • Keqin Rao

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Statistics and Information, Ministry of Health, People's Republic of China, Beijing 100044, PR China

Received 27 August 2009 ,Revised 26 November 2009 ,Accepted 7 March 2010.

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PII: S1386-5056(10)00061-4

doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2010.03.002

International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 79, Issue 6 , Pages 450-458 , June 2010