Validation of the Recording of Acute Exacerbations of COPD in UK Primary Care Electronic Healthcare Records

• Kieran J. Rothnie ,

  * E-mail: k.rothnie@imperial.ac.uk

  Affiliations Respiratory Epidemiology, Occupational Medicine and Public Health, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• Hana Müllerová,

  Affiliation Respiratory Epidemiology, GSK R&D, Uxbridge, United Kingdom

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• John R. Hurst,

  Affiliation UCL Respiratory Medicine, University College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Liam Smeeth,

  Affiliation Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• Kourtney Davis,

  Affiliation Respiratory Epidemiology, GSK R&D, Collegeville, PA, United States of America

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• Sara L. Thomas,

  Affiliation Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• Jennifer K. Quint

  Affiliations Respiratory Epidemiology, Occupational Medicine and Public Health, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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