Validation of a coding algorithm to identify patients with hepatocellular carcinoma in an administrative database

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 103-107

  Goldberg, David S ^a,b   Lewis, James D ^a,b   Halpern, Scott D ^a,b   Weiner, Mark G ^a,b   Re III, Vincent Lo ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic liver disease; Cirrhosis; Hepatocellular carcinoma; ICD 9 CM code; Pharmacoepidemiology; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CODING ALGORITHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HUMAN; ICD-9-CM; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 84872166702     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.3367     Document Type: Article

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