Development and validation of claims-based algorithms to identify pregnancy based on data from a university hospital in Japan.
Kentaro TajimaTomofumi IshikawaAoi NodaFumiko MatsuzakiKei MorishitaRyusuke InoueNoriyuki IwamaHidekazu NishigoriJunichi SugawaraMasatoshi SaitoTaku ObaraNariyasu ManoPublished in: Current medical research and opinion (2022)
The combination algorithm to identify pregnancy demonstrated a high PPV and moderate SE. The algorithm validated in this study is expected to accelerate future studies that aim to identify pregnancies and evaluate pregnancy outcome.