Identification of Heart Failure Events in Medicare Claims: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 48-55

  Kucharska Newton, Anna M ^a   Heiss, Gerardo ^a   Ni, Hanyu ^b   Stearns, Sally C ^a   Puccinelli Ortega, Nicole ^c   Wruck, Lisa M ^a   Chambless, Lloyd ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

diagnostic codes; Heart failure; Medicare claims; validation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ICD-9-CM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; PATIENT CODING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIMS (HEALTH CARE); CHRONIC DISEASE; CODING; DEMOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIMS, HEALTHCARE; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL CODING; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84940888146     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: 15328414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2015.07.013     Document Type: Article

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