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Master of Public Health

Validation of discharge diagnosis codes to identify serious infections among middle age and older adults.

AUTHORS

Wiese AD , Griffin MR , Stein CM , Schaffner W , Greevy RA , Mitchel EF , Grijalva CG , . BMJ open. 2018 6 19; 8(6). e020857

ABSTRACT

Hospitalisations for serious infections are common among middle age and older adults and frequently used as study outcomes. Yet, few studies have evaluated the performance of diagnosis codes to identify serious infections in this population. We sought to determine the positive predictive value (PPV) of diagnosis codes for identifying hospitalisations due to serious infections among middle age and older adults.

Hospitalisations for serious infections are common among middle age and older adults and frequently used as study outcomes. Yet, few studies have evaluated the performance of diagnosis codes to identify serious infections in this population. We sought to determine the positive predictive value (PPV) of diagnosis codes for identifying hospitalisations due to serious infections among middle age and older adults.

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