Validity of claims-based stroke algorithms in contemporary medicare data: Reasons for geographic and racial differences in stroke (REGARDS) study linked with medicare claims

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 611-619

  Kumamaru, Hiraku ^a,b   Judd, Suzanne E ^c   Curtis, Jeffrey R ^d,e   Ramachandran, Rekha ^e   Hardy, N Chantelle ^f   Rhodes, J David ^c   Safford, Monika M ^e   Kissela, Brett M ^g   Howard, George ^c   Jalbert, Jessica J ^b   Brott, Thomas G ^h   Setoguchi, Soko ^f  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Comparative effectiveness research diagnosis; Health services research; Medicare

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLAIM BASED ALGORITHM; CODING ALGORITHM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; ICD-9; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANCESTRY GROUP; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; INSURANCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MEDICARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84922330102     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.113.000743     Document Type: Article

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