Another potential source of bias in the study is that only one investigator read and re-classified the submitted records.
Once approved by the submission review committee, the submitted records will be made available to the public in the coming release.
Data from the submitted recording sheets were manually entered into an Access database (DK and SE) or electronically scanned (FI and NO).
By scrutinizing the submitted records it was determined that all dogs had been treated for dermatologic disease, and that 327 (97.6%) could be considered to have some allergic skin disease.
The two steps can be quickly accomplished by relying on the default values provided by the system; however, the system's usefulness depends on the extent depositors provide additional information by customizing these default values and by tagging the submitted records.
A total of 234 cancer registries, located in 32 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the central government, submitted records of cancer new cases and deaths in 2011 to the NCCR.
In total, records were retrieved from 335 dogs (89.8%) and 63 practices submitted records to the study.
A total of 44 hospitals performed PCI in 2006, all of which submitted records to the study.
In conclusion, the agreement between the recorded diagnosis in the insurance database and the clinical manifestations recorded in the submitted medical records was considered acceptable.
Due to the nature of this study, the only available information about clinical presentation is what was recorded in the submitted medical records.
