Validation of Intensive Care and Mechanical Ventilation Codes in Medicare Data.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the reliability of codes relevant to critically ill patients in administrative data.

Design

Retrospective cohort study linking data from Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation Outcomes, a clinical database of ICU patients with data from Medicare Provider Analysis and Review. We linked data based on matching for sex, date of birth, hospital, and date of admission to hospital.

Setting

Forty-six hospitals in the United States participating in Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation Outcomes.

Patients

All patients in Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation Outcomes greater than or equal to 65 years old who could be linked with hospitalization records in Medicare Provider Analysis and Review from January 1, 2009, through Se

SUBMITTER: Wunsch H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6557134 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature