Development of algorithms for identifying fatal cardiovascular disease in Medicare claims.
Fenglong XieLisandro D ColantonioJeffrey R CurtisMeredith L KilgoreEmily B LevitanKeri L MondaMonika M SaffordBen TaylorMark WoodwardPaul MuntnerPublished in: Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety (2018)
The claims-based algorithms developed to discriminate fatal CVD events from other causes of death performed better than the method of using hospital discharge diagnosis codes.