Trends in the sensitivity, positive predictive value, false-positive rate, and comparability ratio of hospital discharge diagnosis codes for acute myocardial infarction in four US communities, 1987-2000

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 160, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1137-1146

  Rosamond, Wayne D ^a   Chambless, Lloyd E ^a   Sorlie, Paul D ^b   Bell, Erin M ^c   Weitzman, Shimon ^d   Smith, J Clinton ^e   Folsom, Aaron R ^f  

^a IL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Diagnosis; Hospital records; Myocardial infarction; Population surveillance; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH MONITORING; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EVALUATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL RECORD; PREDICTION; SCREENING; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 10344258591     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwh341     Document Type: Article

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