Do routine hospital data accurately record comorbidity in advanced kidney disease populations? A record linkage cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Routine healthcare datasets capturing clinical and administrative information are increasingly being used to examine health outcomes. The accuracy of such data is not clearly defined. We examine the accuracy of diagnosis recording in individuals with advanced chronic kidney disease using a routine healthcare dataset in England with comparison to information collected by trained research nurses.

Methods

We linked records from the Access to Transplant and Transplant Outcome Measures study to the Hospital Episode Statistics dataset. International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) and Office for Population Censuses and Surveys Classification of Interventions and Procedures (OPCS-4) codes were used to identify medical conditions from hospital data. The sensitivity, s

SUBMITTER: Nimmo A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7968235 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature