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2219. Evaluation of Medicare Claims to Assess Burden of Pertussis Disease in Persons Aged ≥65 Years

BACKGROUND: Pertussis in adults may be underdiagnosed and underreported; there is limited information on the incidence and severity of pertussis in older adults. We compared pertussis diagnoses identified using medical claims data with national surveillance data to examine the use of claims data as...

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Autores principales: Havers, Fiona, Wu, Xiyuan, Wernecke, Michael, Kelman, Jeffrey A, Spiller, Michael, Hariri, Susan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6809889/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.1897