Validity of gout diagnoses in administrative data

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 103-108

  Harrold, Leslie R ^a,h   Saag, Kenneth G ^b   Yood, Robert A ^a   Mikuls, Ted R ^c   Andrade, Susan E ^a   Fouayzi, Hassan ^a   Davis, Judith ^a   Chan, K Arnold ^d   Raebel, Marsha A ^e   Von Worley, Ann ^f   Platt, Richard ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^f LOVELACE CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

^g HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrative data; Gout; Validity

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; GLUCOCORTICOID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DATA BASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; GOUT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; HYPERURICEMIA; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHYSICIAN; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VALIDITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATABASES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; GOUT; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846974015     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.22474     Document Type: Article

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