Why the study?
Does combining ICD diagnosis codes and antipsychotic use improve the identification of delirium in claims data compared to either alone?
Does combining ICD diagnosis codes and antipsychotic use improve the identification of delirium in claims data compared to either alone?
Combining ICD diagnosis codes and antipsychotic use improves the identification of delirium in administrative claims data, which is important for comparative effectiveness and safety research.
May enhance claims-based delirium research; leaves open validation needs due to low sensitivity.
Delirium-identification algorithms in claims data have low sensitivity and high specificity. Defining delirium using ICD diagnosis codes or antipsychotics use performs better than considering either type of information alone. This information should inform the design and interpretation of claims-based comparative effectiveness and safety research.
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