Validity of diagnoses and procedures in Japanese dental claims data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dental claims data have been used for epidemiological studies without establishing the validity of the recorded diagnoses or procedures. The present study aimed to examine the accuracy of diagnoses, procedures, operation time, and the number of teeth recorded in dental claims data.

Methods

We reviewed the charts of 200 patients who visited and 100 patients who were hospitalized in the Department of General Dentistry, Orthodontics, and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in an academic hospital between August 2012 and December 2017. The sensitivity and specificity of the dental claims data for five diseases and 15 procedures were evaluated. We assessed the difference in the number of teeth and duration of general anesthesia between claims data and chart reviews.

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SUBMITTER: Ono S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8525021 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature