Identification of Heart Failure Events in Medicare Claims: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study
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- 作者：Anna M. Kucharska-Newton ; PhD ; MPH1 ; anna_newton@unc.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Gerardo Heiss ; MD ; PhD1 ; Hanyu Ni ; PhD2 ; Sally C. Stearns ; PhD3 ; Nicole Puccinelli-Ortega ; MS4 ; Lisa M. Wruck ; PhD5 ; Lloyd Chambless ; PhD5
- 关键词：Heart failure ; Medicare claims ; validation ; diagnostic codes
- 刊名：Journal of Cardiac Failure
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：January 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：22
- 期：1
- 页码：48-55
- 全文大小：161 K
文摘
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Hospitalization records from Medicare do not match completely on beneficiary ID and date of service with abstracted medical records.
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Within records that match on beneficiary ID and date of service, heart failure diagnostic codes from Medicare and medical records show excellent agreement.
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Medicare data may overestimate the occurrence of hospitalized HF.