Development of algorithms for identifying fatal cardiovascular disease in Medicare claims

<strong>Background</strong> Cause of death is often not available in administrative claims data. Objective To develop claims-based algorithms to identify deaths due to fatal cardiovascular disease (CVD; i.e., fatal coronary heart disease [CHD] or stroke), CHD, and stroke. <strong>M...

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Main Authors: Xie, F, Colantonio, LD, Curtis, JR, Kilgore, ML, Levitan, EB, Monda, KL, Safford, MM, Taylor, B, Woodward, M, Muntner, P
Formato: Journal article
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons Ltd 2018