The aim is to improve neonatal outcome ascertainment in perinatal claims data.
Evaluated different strategies for outcome ascertainment
Focused on balancing sensitivity and specificity in data analysis
Analyzed claims data linked to mother-infant pairs
Identified effective methods for case ascertainment
Emphasized the need for outcome-specific strategies
Achieved improved sensitivity and specificity rates in outcome retrieval
Abstract
These findings inform strategies for outcome ascertainment in claims-based perinatal research and emphasize outcome-specific case ascertainment strategies to balance sensitivity and specificity.