Accuracy of ICD-9 codes in identifying patients with peptic ulcer and gastrointestinal hemorrhage in...
Accuracy of ICD-9 codes in identifying patients with peptic ulcer and gastrointestinal hemorrhage in the regional healthcare administrative database of Umbria
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San Francisco: Public Library of Science
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English
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San Francisco: Public Library of Science
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Background Peptic ulcer is a widespread disease, frequently complicated by perforation and bleeding. Administrative databases are useful tool to perform epidemiological and drug utilization studies, but they need a validation process based on a comparison with the original data contained in the medical charts. Our aim was to evaluate the accuracy o...
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Accuracy of ICD-9 codes in identifying patients with peptic ulcer and gastrointestinal hemorrhage in the regional healthcare administrative database of Umbria
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TN_cdi_plos_journals_2420593852
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_2420593852
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1932-6203
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1932-6203
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10.1371/journal.pone.0235714
