Case definitions for acute myocardial infarction in administrative databases and their impact on in-hospital mortality rates

Health Services Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 290-318

  Metcalfe, Amy ^a   Neudam, Annabelle ^b   Forde, Samantha ^a   Liu, Mingfu ^c   Drosler, Saskia ^b   Quan, Hude ^a   Jetté, Nathalie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b NIEDERRHEIN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

Author keywords

acute myocardial infarction; Administrative data; international classification of disease (ICD) codes; mortality; validation studies

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; FINLAND; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ICD-10-CM; ICD-9-CM; KOREA; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; SWEDEN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACUTE DISEASE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84872271194     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2012.01440.x     Document Type: Review

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