title: Using administrative data to identify associations between implanted medical devices and chronic diseases.
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Romano
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015986:Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D006801:Humans; D019736:Prostheses and Implants / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015983:Selection Bias; D013223:Statistics as Topic