title: Administrative and Survey Data: Potential and Pitfalls.
abstract: Today, "big data" often generated by administrative activities or survey are used to inform many commercial, administrative and clinical decisions. Although they provide a broader perspective about disease and care than that available from clinical experience and research studies, inferences from these data need to be made cautiously.
authors: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Electronic address: rstern@bidmc.harvard.edu.
authors: Robert
authors: R
authors: Stern
mesh_terms: D016208:Databases, Factual; D003880:Dermatology; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000592:standards*; D006306:Health Surveys / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D014481:United States