Why the study?
Does an algorithm combining physician billing and hospital discharge data accurately identify patients with myocardial infarction compared to electronic medical record chart abstraction?
Does an algorithm combining physician billing and hospital discharge data accurately identify patients with myocardial infarction compared to electronic medical record chart abstraction?
Combining hospital discharge abstracts with physician billing data accurately identifies patients with myocardial infarction, improving capture beyond hospitalization alone.
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Supports administrative data algorithms for MI identification in research; leaves open need for prospective validation before wider use.
Tu et al. (2010) studied this question.
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