Validation of infant immunization billing codes in administrative data

Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1840-1847

  Schwartz, Kevin L ^a,b   Tu, Karen ^a,b,c,d   Wing, Laura ^a   Campitelli, Michael A ^a   Crowcroft, Natasha S ^c,e,f   Deeks, Shelley L ^e,f   Wilson, Sarah E ^e,f   Wilson, Kumanan ^a,g   Gemmill, Ian ^h   Kwong, Jeffrey C ^a,c,d,e,f  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^g OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^h Kingston   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diphtheria tetanus pertussis vaccine; Health services; Measles mumps rubella vaccine; Meningococcal vaccines; Pneumococcal vaccines; Vaccine combined; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B HEPATITIS B VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; CHILD; DATA PROCESSING; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; ONTARIO HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY; ADOLESCENT; ECONOMICS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; FACTUAL DATABASE; INFANT; INSURANCE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; ONTARIO; PHYSICIAN; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHERS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; ONTARIO; PHYSICIANS; PRODUCT SURVEILLANCE, POSTMARKETING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE; VACCINATION; VACCINES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84944455820     PISSN: 21645515     EISSN: 2164554X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2015.1043499     Document Type: Article

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