The Positive Predictive Value of Hip Fracture Diagnoses and Surgical Procedure Codes in the Danish Multidisciplinary Hip Fracture Registry and the Danish National Patient Registry.
Thomas Johannesson HjelholtNina McKinnon EdwardsJeppe Damgren VesteragerPia Kjaer KristensenAlma Becic PedersenPublished in: Clinical epidemiology (2020)
Our findings indicate a high quality of the hip fracture diagnoses and corresponding procedure codes in the DMHFR and the DNPR, with a majority of PPVs above 90%. Thus, the DMHFR and the DNPR are a valuable data source on hip fracture for epidemiological research.