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

OBJECTIVES: 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...

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Autores principales: Wiese, Andrew D, Griffin, Marie R, Stein, C Michael, Schaffner, William, Greevy, Robert A, Mitchel Jr, Edward F, Grijalva, Carlos G
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2018
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Research Methods
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6009457/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29921683
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020857

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6009457/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29921683
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020857

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