Validation of a type 1 diabetes algorithm using electronic medical records and administrative healthcare data to study the population incidence and prevalence of type 1 diabetes in Ontario, Canada.
Alanna WeismanKaren TuJacqueline YoungMatthew KumarPeter C AustinLiisa JaakkimainenLorraine LipscombeRonnie AronsonGillian L BoothPublished in: BMJ open diabetes research & care (2021)
Primary care EMR and administrative data algorithms performed well in identifying T1D and demonstrated increasing T1D prevalence in Ontario. These algorithms may permit the development of large, population-based cohort studies of T1D.