Performance of administrative databases for identifying individuals with multiple sclerosis.

ABSTRACT: Administrative databases are an alternative to disease registries as a research tool to study multiple sclerosis. However, they are not initially designed to fulfill research purposes. Therefore, an evaluation of their performance is necessary. Our objective was to assess the performance of the French administrative database comprising hospital discharge records and national health insurance databases in identifying individuals with multiple sclerosis, in comparison with a registry that exhaustively compiles resident multiple sclerosis cases in Lorraine, northeastern France, as reference. We recorded all individuals residing in the Lorraine region who were identified by the administrative database or the registry as having multiple sclerosis from 2011 to 2016. We calculated the Matthews co

SUBMITTER: Ducatel P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10600163 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature