Development and validation of an epidemiologic case definition of epilepsy for use with routinely collected Australian health data
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- 作者：Michael Tana ; michael.tan@svha.org.au" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Ian Wilsona ; Vanessa Braganzab ; Sophia Ignatiadisa ; Ray Bostona ; c ; Vijaya Sundararajana ; Mark J. Cooka ; Wendyl J. D'Souzaa
- 关键词：Validation ; ICD-10AM ; Epilepsy ; Classification ; Data linkage
- 刊名：Epilepsy & Behavior
- 出版年：2015
- 出版时间：October 2015
- 年：2015
- 卷：51
- 期：Complete
- 页码：65-72
- 全文大小：486 K
文摘
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Reasonably accurate epilepsy case ascertainment from unpublished Australian data
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Confirms similar findings to other international datasets
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ICD-10AM codes (G40 and G41) and antiepileptic medications conferred the highest PPV.
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National hospital datasets in Australia are limited to hospital inpatients.
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Noncapture of ED and hospital outpatients has methodological issues.