Validating the diagnosis of acute ischemic stroke in a National Health Insurance claims database

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 254-259

  Hsieh, Cheng Yang ^a,b   Chen, Chih Hung ^c,d   Li, Chung Yi ^d,e   Lai, Ming Liang ^b,c,d  

^a TAINAN SIN LAU HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute ischemic stroke; Claims data; Diagnosis; National Health Insurance; Taiwan Stroke Registry; Validation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; ICD-9; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; CODING; FACTUAL DATABASE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL RECORD; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGISTER; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROKE; TAIWAN; VALIDATION STUDY;

CLINICAL CODING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL RECORDS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGISTRIES; STROKE; TAIWAN;

EID: 84930379153     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: 18760821     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2013.09.009     Document Type: Article

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