Identification of patients with diabetic macular edema from claims data: A Validation study

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 126, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 986-989

  Bearelly, Srilaxmi ^a,c   Mruthyunjaya, Prithvi ^a,c   Jzeng, Janice P ^b   Suñer, Ivan J ^a,c   Shea, Alisa M ^b   Lee, Jeffrey T ^e   Kowalski, Jonathan W ^e   Curtis, Lesley H ^b,d   Schulman, Kevin A ^b,d   Lee, Paul P ^b,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY EYE CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Department of Ophthalmology ^*  (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e ALLERGAN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MACULAR EDEMA; PILOT PROJECTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 47549098479     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.126.7.986     Document Type: Article

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