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Does administrative data yield similar attributable cost estimates for surgical site infection and endometritis after cesarean delivery compared to clinical medical record data?
Does administrative data yield similar attributable cost estimates for surgical site infection and endometritis after cesarean delivery compared to clinical medical record data?
Administrative claims data can be reliably used to calculate the costs of surgical site infection and endometritis after cesarean delivery, yielding similar results to detailed clinical data.
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Administrative data may suffice for post-cesarean infection cost estimates; leaves open validation in other surgical populations.
We used administrative and clinical data from a case-control study to calculate the costs of surgical site infection and endometritis after cesarean delivery. Attributable costs determined by multivariate generalized least-squares regression models with the 2 data sets were similar, suggesting that administrative data can be used to calculate infection costs.
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