Cross-validation of comorbidity items in two national databases in a sample of patients with end-stage kidney disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The use of national medico-administrative databases for epidemiological studies has increased in the last decades. In France, the Healthcare Expenditures and Conditions Mapping (HECM) algorithm has been developed to analyse and monitor the morbidity and economic burden of 58 diseases. We aimed to assess the performance of the HECM in identifying different conditions in patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) using data from the REIN registry (the French National Registry for patients with ESKD).

Methods

We included all patients over 18 years of age who started renal replacement therapy in France in 2018. Five conditions with a similar definition in both databases were included (ESKD, diabetes, human immunodeficiency virus [HIV], coronary insufficiency, and c

SUBMITTER: Vanorio-Vega I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10594771 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature