Validation of case-finding algorithms derived from administrative data for identifying adults living with human immunodeficiency virus infection

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Antoniou, Tony ^a,b   Zagorski, Brandon ^c   Loutfy, Mona R ^a,d,e   Strike, Carol ^a   Glazier, Richard H ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; CANADA; CASE FINDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; FACTUAL DATABASE;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

ALGORITHMS; CANADA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; ONTARIO;

EID: 79959686377     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021748     Document Type: Article

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