Validity of diagnostic codes to identify hospitalizations for infections among patients treated with oral anti-diabetic drugs.
M Elle SaineMona GizawDena M CarbonariCraig W NewcombJason A RoySerena CardilloDaina B EspositoHarshvinder BhullarArlene M GallagherBrian L StromVincent Lo RePublished in: Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety (2017)
Algorithms identifying hospitalization for infection utilizing hospital diagnoses along with antecedent outpatient/emergency infection diagnoses or antimicrobial therapy had sufficiently high PPVs for confirmed events within Medicare, HIRDSM , and THIN to enable their use for pharmacoepidemiologic research.