Implementation of an algorithm for the identification of breast cancer deaths in German health insurance claims data: a validation study based on a record linkage with administrative mortality data.
Ingo LangnerChristoph OhlmeierUlrike HaugHans Werner HenseJonas CzwiklaHajo ZeebPublished in: BMJ open (2019)
The algorithm-based identification of BC deaths in German claims data is feasible and valid, except for higher ages. The algorithm to ascertain BC mortality rates in an epidemiological study seems applicable when information on the official CoD is not available in the original database.
Keyphrases
- health insurance
- machine learning
- electronic health record
- big data
- deep learning
- affordable care act
- cardiovascular events
- healthcare
- primary care
- risk factors
- data analysis
- neural network
- young adults
- quality improvement
- dna methylation
- hepatitis c virus
- human immunodeficiency virus
- bioinformatics analysis
- hiv testing
- childhood cancer