Intra-database validation of case-identifying algorithms using reconstituted electronic health records from healthcare claims data.
Nicolas H ThurinPauline Bosco-LevyPatrick BlinMagali RouyerJérémy JovéStéphanie LamarqueSéverine LignotRégis LassalleAbdelilah AbouelfathEmmanuelle BignonPauline DiezMarine Gross-GoupilMichel SouliéMathieu RoumiguiéSylvestre Le MoulecMarc DebouverieBruno BrochetFrancis GuilleminCéline LouapreElisabeth MaillartOlivier HeinzlefNicholas MooreCécile Droz-PerroteauPublished in: BMC medical research methodology (2021)
The use of rEHRs to conduct an intra-database validation appears to be a valuable tool to estimate the performances of a case-identifying algorithm and assess its validity, in the absence of alternative.