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Assessment of obesity prevalence and validity of obesity diagnoses coded in claims data for selected surgical populations: A retrospective, observational study

In many types of surgery, obesity may influence patient selection, prognosis, and/or management. Quantifying the accuracy of the coding of obesity and other prognostic factors is important for the design and interpretation of studies of surgical outcomes based on administrative healthcare data. This...

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Autores principales: Ammann, Eric M., Kalsekar, Iftekhar, Yoo, Andrew, Scamuffa, Robin, Hsiao, Chia-Wen, Stokes, Andrew C., Morton, John M., Johnston, Stephen S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Health 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6709187/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31335698
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000016438