Validity of an algorithm to identify cardiovascular deaths from administrative health records: a multi-database population-based cohort study

Validity of an algorithm to identify cardiovascular deaths from administrative health records: a multi-database population-based cohort study

Abstract Background Cardiovascular death is a common outcome in population-based studies about new healthcare interventions or treatments, such as new prescription medications. Vital statistics registration systems are often the preferred source of information about cause-specific mortality because...

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Main Authors: Lisa M. Lix, Shamsia Sobhan, Audray St-Jean, Jean-Marc Daigle, Anat Fisher, Oriana H. Y. Yu, Sophie Dell’Aniello, Nianping Hu, Shawn C. Bugden, Baiju R. Shah, Paul E. Ronksley, Silvia Alessi-Severini, Antonios Douros, Pierre Ernst, Kristian B. Filion
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-07-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
Accuracy
Cause-specific mortality
Death certificates
Hospital records
Physician claims
Validation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06762-0

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06762-0

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